As an ''ending'', however, it is possible that it was not always fully copied, and manuscripts that lack this ending also lack other portions.<ref name="Mark ending">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_words_are_there_in_the_Gospel_of_Mark</ref> Very early Christians repeatedly cited the full ending as part of the authentic Gospel of Mark, and it is fully corroborated by the other [[Gospels]].<ref name="Mark ending"/> | As an ''ending'', however, it is possible that it was not always fully copied, and manuscripts that lack this ending also lack other portions.<ref name="Mark ending">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_words_are_there_in_the_Gospel_of_Mark</ref> Very early Christians repeatedly cited the full ending as part of the authentic Gospel of Mark, and it is fully corroborated by the other [[Gospels]].<ref name="Mark ending"/> |