Matthew 17:21 missing from The Great Adventure Bible

First, let me share that as a publisher of the Bible, we are not authorized to change any part of any translation, by even one word.

It turns out that the Matthew 17:21 passage is not included in any of the more recent Bible versions, either Catholic or Protestant, because the older and better manuscripts of Matthew do not include it. The two best manuscripts: the Codex Sianaiticus and Codex Vaticanus do not include the verse.

But this does not change the actual events or words that were spoken. In fact, we should always study all of the gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – to determine what happened during each event in Jesus’ life. When He preached or when He healed someone, each gospel writer may have added some unique information to the account, or the Holy Spirit may have wanted to emphasize something different in a particular gospel.

When read or studied together, the four gospels give us a complete picture of what happened in Jesus’ life. So the account in Matthew should be compared to the one in Mark 9:29 and in Luke 9:37-43.