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Luke 20

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luke.20.lk20AgeBegettingText

γαμοῦσιν ... / γεννῶνται καὶ γεννῶσιν

TEXTmoderate confidence

Does the description add being born and begetting?

Most witnesses speak only of marrying and being given in marriage; D and Western witnesses add birth and begetting.

Why this default

Marriage alone is default on broad support; birth and begetting are confined chiefly to the Western stream.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter reading dominates the Greek tradition; the expansion has coherent Western support.

InternalBirth and begetting expand the age’s mortal family cycle already implied by marriage.

Project defaultmarry and are given in marriage

Project default · broad reading

Witnessesγαμοῦσιν καὶ γαμίσκονται — broad Greek tradition
Alternativeare born and beget, marry and are given in marriage

D and Western support

Witnessesγεννῶνται καὶ γεννῶσιν added — D and Western versions
Alternative[are born and beget,] marry and are given in marriage

Expansion visibly marked

WitnessesWestern expansion visibly marked

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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