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Matthew 13

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matthew.13.mt13Explain

φράσον / διασάφησον

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

What do the disciples ask Jesus to do with the weeds parable?

The witnesses divide between ‘tell/declare’ and the more explicit ‘explain fully.’

Why this default

Natural English ‘explain’ is default while the apparatus exposes the Greek fork between ‘declare’ and ‘make fully clear.’ Both readings are ancient.

Evidence

ExternalPhrason: א², C, D, L, W, 0106, 0233, 0250 and broad later support; diasaphēson: א*, B, Θ, 0242, 1424 and the Vulgate.

InternalThe less common intensified verb may have been simplified; alternatively, it may clarify what ‘tell us the parable’ means.

Project defaultExplain to us the parable of the field’s darnel

Project default · sense in English

WitnessesEnglish project rendering · represents the shared request
AlternativeDeclare to us the parable of the field’s darnel

Broad manuscript form

Witnessesφράσον · א², C, D, L, W and broad tradition
AlternativeMake the parable of the field’s darnel clear to us

Explicit early form

Witnessesδιασάφησον · א*, B, Θ, 0242, 1424

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

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

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