Mark 11:25

Footnotes

1. 37 Although the Greek subjunctive mood, formally required in a subordinate clause introduced by ἵνα (hina), is traditionally translated by an English subjunctive (e.g., “may,” so , , , ), changes in the use of the subjunctive in English now result in most readers understanding such a statement as indicating permission (“may” = “has permission to”) or as indicating uncertainty (“may” = “might” or “may or may not”). Thus a number of more recent translations render such instances by an English future tense (“will,” so , , , 1995 update). That approach has been followed here.
2. 38 A number of significant of various texttypes (א B L W Δ Ψ 565 700 892 sa) do not include 11:26 “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your sins.” The verse is included in most later (A [C D] Θ [f1, 13 33] 𝔐 lat) and is not likely to be original. It is probably an assimilation to Matt 6:15. The present translation follows in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.