Mark 3:21

3:21 When his family ¹  heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

Mark 7:8

7:8 Having no regard ²  for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” ³ 

Mark 9:27

9:27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.

Mark 14:46

14:46 Then they took hold of him ⁴  and arrested him.

Mark 14:51

14:51 A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

[3:21]  ¹ tc Western witnesses D W it, instead of reading οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ (Joi par’ aujtou, here translated “family”), have περὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ λοιποί (peri autou Joi grammatei" kai Joi loipoi, “[when] the scribes and others [heard] about him”). But this reading is obviously motivated, for it removes the embarrassing statement about Jesus’ family’s opinion of him as “out of his mind” and transfers this view to the Lord’s opponents. The fact that virtually all other witnesses have οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ here, coupled with the strong internal evidence for the shorter reading, shows this Western reading to be secondary.

[7:8]  ² tn Grk “Having left the command.”

[7:8]  ³ tc The majority of mss, mostly Byzantine ([A] ˹³ 33 Ï), have at the end of v. 8 material that seems to have come from v. 4 and v. 13: “the washing of pots and cups, and you do many other similar things.” A slight variation on the wording occurs at the very beginning of v. 8 in mostly Western witnesses (D Θ 0131^vid 28 565 it). Such floating texts are usually signs of scribal emendations. The fact that the earliest and most reliable mss, as well as other important witnesses (Ì⁴⁵ א B L W Δ 0274 ˹ 2427 co), lacked this material also strongly suggests that the longer reading is secondary.

[14:46]  ³ tn Grk “put their hands on him.”