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Appreciation of the original ending to the [[Gospel of Mark]] can help overcome [[addiction]], and motivate to achieve.  This real ending, stripped of the [[liberal denial]], is a phenomenal collision of disbelief and [[faith]], with faith prevailing.  It is also a surprise encounter and uniting of masculinity and femininity.

Appreciation of the original ending to the [[Gospel of Mark]] can help overcome [[addiction]], and motivate to achieve.  This real ending, stripped of the [[liberal denial]], is a phenomenal collision of disbelief and [[faith]], with faith prevailing.  It is also a surprise encounter and uniting of masculinity and femininity.

There is extensive scholarly commentary demonstrating that verses 16:9–20 are not authentic: they are not in the earliest manuscripts and consist of doubtful doctrine.<ref>Renowned scholar Bruce Metzger explained that Clement of Alexandria and Origen in the early third century show no knowledge of the existence of these verses 9-20; Eusebius and Jerome confirm that the passage was absent from almost all Greek copies of Mark known to them.  ''See'' Bruce Metzger, ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' (2d ed. Hendrickson Publishers, 2005).  Also, the style of Greek is not Mark's, and the doubtful addition appears to copy closing sections of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John. [https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/the-strange-ending-of-the-gospel-of-mark-and-why-it-makes-all-the-difference/]</ref>  But equally important is to recognize and remove the [[liberal claptrap]] inserted as the last clause of verse 16:8.  '''''The second half of 16:8 is not authentic, and obscures the powerful original ending by [[Mark]]'''''.  

There is extensive scholarly commentary demonstrating that verses 16:9–20 are not authentic: they are not in the earliest manuscripts and consist of doubtful doctrine.<ref>Renowned scholar Bruce Metzger explained that Clement of Alexandria and Origen in the early third century show no knowledge of the existence of these verses 9-20; Eusebius and Jerome confirm that the passage was absent from almost all Greek copies of Mark known to them.  ''See'' Bruce Metzger, ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' (2d ed. Hendrickson Publishers, 2005).  Also, the style of Greek is not Mark's, and the doubtful addition appears to copy closing sections of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John. [https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/the-strange-ending-of-the-gospel-of-mark-and-why-it-makes-all-the-difference/]</ref>  But equally important is to recognize and remove the [[liberal claptrap]] inserted as the last clause of verse 16:8.  '''''The second half of 16:8 is not authentic, and obscures the powerful original ending by [[Mark]] in a pure translation'''''.  

== Authentic ending ==

== Authentic ending ==