Mark 9:38

Mark 9:38 kai. evkwlu,omen auvto,n( o[ti ouvk hvkolou,qei h`mi/n {B}

Among many minor variations, there are three principal readings: (1) “and we forbade him, because he was not following us”; (2) “who does not follow us, and we forbade him”; and (3) “who does not follow us, and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.” The last is a conflate reading that presupposes the existence of the other two. Reading (1) is preferred because of superior witnesses (a B D Q Y syr^{s, p, pal} al) and because in reading (2) there has been a transposition of the last clause to bring it into proximity to its subject (with the change also of o[ti to o[j).