Jesus said, â??There will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.â? And behold, one of his disciples who was standing by said to him, â??Rabbi (which means â??teacherâ??), how can this be if some are toothless?â? Jesus replied, â??You of little faith, do not be troubled. If some people are missing any, the teeth will be provided.â?
Donâ??t recognize this story from one of the Gospels? Hereâ??s why: The text was published in 1950 by classicist Paul Coleman-Norton. He claimed that he had discovered it on a manuscript in Morocco while fighting in World War II. But it was an open secret that he had invented the episode as well as the Greek text. Late New Testament expert Bruce Metzger noted that Coleman-Norton had already regaled his students with this joke before the war.
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