{And is baptized} (kai baptistheis). The omission of
{baptized} with "disbelieveth" would seem to show that Jesus does
not make baptism essential to salvation. Condemnation rests on
disbelief, not on baptism. So salvation rests on belief. Baptism
is merely the picture of the new life not the means of securing
it. So serious a sacramental doctrine would need stronger support
anyhow than this disputed portion of Mark.