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Matthew 15
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matthew.15.mt15MouthAddition
ἐγγίζει μοι τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καί
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Does Isaiah’s quotation include ‘draws near with their mouth’?
Important early witnesses begin directly with honoring by the lips. Much of the later tradition adds a phrase matching the fuller Greek form of Isaiah 29:13.
Why this default
The shorter quotation is default because it has strong early support. The added mouth-clause closely follows the fuller Septuagint wording of Isaiah 29:13 and is readily explained as expansion from the familiar source text.
Evidence
ExternalShort form: א, B, D, L, Z, Θ, 33, 892 and important early versions; added ‘draws near ... with their mouth’: C, K, W, X, Δ and the broad later tradition.
InternalScribes copying a recognizable biblical quotation had a strong reason to complete it from Isaiah; the addition also creates a fuller parallel with ‘lips.’
Project defaultThis people honors me with the lips
Project default · early shorter form
Witnessesτοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ · א, B, D, L, Z, Θ, 33, 892AlternativeThis people draws near to me with their mouth and honors me with the lips
Broad later expansion
Witnessesἐγγίζει μοι τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν καὶ ... · C, K, W, X, Δ, broad traditionAlternativeThis people [draws near to me with their mouth and] honors me with the lips
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