Summary of Excluded Passages

The UPDV Bible excludes or reconstructs several passages in the New Testament based on textual and historical evidence. Any teaching of the Bible which depends solely on these passages as a source should be re-evaluated.

🔗Excluded or Reconstructed Passages

The Book of Matthew — Reconstructed using existing Matthew material supplemented with text from Mark and Luke. Chapters and verses renumbered. See The Book of Matthew.

Mark 16:9–20 — Already excluded in the Critical Text. The earliest Greek manuscripts (Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus) end Mark at 16:8.

Luke Chapters 1 and 2 — Excluded based on evidence these chapters were not in the original gospel account. See The Gospel of Luke.

Synoptic Temptation Narrative — Canonical Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, and Luke 4:1-13 are excluded under the reconstructed baseline gospel text (*Ev) policy. The decision rests on *Ev's whole-block absence plus John's opening day-chain. See The Reconstructed Baseline Gospel Text (*Ev) and Variant Exceptions.

Synoptic Temple Action — Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19:45-46, and the corresponding reconstructed Matthew passion-week block are excluded under a source-history judgment about the passion-week placement of the temple action. This is not a direct Greek-manuscript or versional omission claim; the UPDV retains the Johannine temple action at John 2:13-22. See Variant Exceptions.

Matthew 4:12 timing clause and 4:18-22 — In reconstructed Matthew, the phrase "when he heard that John was delivered up" and the shoreline call scene are excluded as Matthew collateral to the Mark 1 source-history decision. Matthew now moves from Jesus' Galilean proclamation to the Capernaum synagogue scene. See Matthew Chapter 3, Matthew Chapter 4, and The Calling of the Disciples.

Mark 1:14, 16-20 — Excluded under the reconstructed baseline/source-history policy as a source-composition bundle, not as a direct Greek manuscript or versional omission. The text removes the John-imprisonment timing hinge, omits the shoreline call scene, and resumes at the Capernaum synagogue in verse 21. See The Calling of the Disciples and Variant Exceptions.

Mark 6:17-29 — Excluded under the reconstructed baseline/source-history policy as a source-composition decision, not as a direct Greek manuscript or versional omission. The text keeps Herod's brief beheading notice in Mark 6:14-16 and resumes with the apostles' return in Mark 6:30. See Variant Exceptions.

Luke 3:19-20 — Excluded under the reconstructed baseline/source-history policy as a source-composition seam, not as a direct Greek manuscript or versional omission. The text moves from John's preaching summary in Luke 3:18 to Jesus' baptism in Luke 3:21; Herod's brief beheading notice remains in Luke 9:7-9. See Variant Exceptions.

Mark 14:12-16 — Excluded under the reconstructed baseline/source-history policy as a critically inferred source-composition absence. This is not a claim that surviving Greek or versional witnesses directly omit the unit. The text resumes at the evening meal in verse 17. See The Reconstructed Baseline Gospel Text (*Ev) and Variant Exceptions.

Luke 22:7-13 — Excluded under the reconstructed baseline gospel text (*Ev) policy as a critically inferred structural absence. The decision does not claim direct ancient attestation of whole-block absence; it discounts Epiphanius Scholion 61's late, loose notice at verse 8, weighs qualified silence and source-critical tethering to the canonical Markan preparation scene, and removes the explicit Lukan day/sacrifice preparation anchor. The corresponding Markan preparation scene is now also excluded at Mark 14:12-16 under a separate Mark source-history decision. See The Reconstructed Baseline Gospel Text (*Ev) and Variant Exceptions.

Luke 22:16-18 — Excluded under the reconstructed baseline gospel text (*Ev) policy. Verse 16 is directly attested absent by Epiphanius; verses 17-18 are removed with it under the policy's composite-seam rule. Early witnesses do not agree on a single omission, but they show multiple repairs at this same Last Supper seam: some omit verses 19b-20, some relocate or redistribute the cup sayings, and some are reported with only verses 19-20. Removing the seam leaves Luke's bread-then-cup institution sequence (22:19-20) aligned with Mark 14:22-24 and the Pauline tradition in 1 Corinthians 11:23-25. See The Reconstructed Baseline Gospel Text (*Ev) and Variant Exceptions.

Luke 23:6-12 — Excluded based on absence of Synoptic parallel and computational classification as secondary editorial material. See The Gospel of Luke.

Luke 23:39–24:53 — Ending reconstructed to include only material attested by other sources. See The Gospel of Luke.

Luke Holy Spirit additions — Verses where "Holy Spirit" appears to be a later addition moved to footnotes: Luke 1:15, 1:41, 1:67, 2:25, 2:26, 2:27, 4:14, 10:21, 11:13. See The Gospel of Luke.

John 7:37–39 — Moved to footnote. Five reasons detailed in The Gospel of John.

John 7:53–8:11 — Not part of original text (Critical Text Level A certainty).

John 14:26 — The appositive "the Holy Spirit" (τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον) is the only occurrence of this full phrase in John's Gospel and may be a marginal gloss. See The Gospel of John.

John 19:36–21:25 — Excluded as likely additions by someone other than the original author. See The Gospel of John.

The Book of Acts — Entirely excluded. See The Book of Acts.

Those referenced only in the footnotes are the verses where the UPDV follows a different reading. For a complete list, see Variant Exceptions.

🔗Persons and topics appearing only in excluded sections

A few biblical persons, places, and sayings appear in scripture only inside one of the excluded sections above. A reader searching for them in the topic index will not find a UPDV verse, since the underlying text is not translated. They are listed on separate index pages so the topic itself can still be confirmed as scriptural and traced back to its source:

• Topics Not Included in UPDV from Acts and Luke 1-2
• Topics Not Included in UPDV from Editorially Omitted Pericopes

For the underlying verses, consult the ASV (which UPDV revises) or another translation.