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Luke 20

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luke.20.lk20Cunning

πανουργίαν ... [τί με πειράζετε;]

TEXTmoderate confidence

Does Jesus’ reply include an explicit challenge to the testers?

The early shorter form moves from perceiving their cunning directly to the coin request; later witnesses add a challenge.

Why this default

The shorter reply is default on strong early support; the explicit testing challenge and ‘hypocrites’ are progressively expanded forms.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter text has strong early support; both expansions are ancient.

InternalThe explicit challenge naturally clarifies Jesus’ perception and was further sharpened by ‘hypocrites.’

Project defaultPerceiving their cunning, he said to them

Project default · shorter reading

Witnessesno testing question — א, B, L, 0266, family 1, 579, 892, 1241
AlternativePerceiving their craftiness, he asked why they were testing him and said

Expanded tradition

Witnessesτί με πειράζετε; — A, D, W, Θ, Ψ, families 1 and 13, 33, Byzantine witnesses
AlternativeRecognizing their trickery, he asked why they were testing him, called them hypocrites, and said

C and related support

Witnessesτί με πειράζετε ὑποκριταί; — C and related support

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

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