"Metzger???s conclusion about verses 9-20 was that although they were attached by someone other than Mark, ???The Committee decided to include verses 9-20 as part of the text.??? And in ???The Canon of the New Testament,??? although the flaws in the evidence-presentations handed down to Metzger (some of which he detected, but certainly not all) persuaded him that the evidence conclusively shows tha" . . . .