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Matthew 19
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matthew.19.mt19GoodReply
τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός
TEXTBOUNDARYTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
How does Jesus answer the question about good?
The earliest form asks why the man questions Jesus about ‘the good.’ The later form closely matches Mark and Luke: ‘Why do you call me good?’
Why this default
The question ‘Why ask me about the good?’ is default because it matches the earliest Matthean evidence and explains why copyists replaced it with the much more familiar Synoptic wording.
Evidence
ExternalCritical form: א, B, D, L, Θ, family 1, 33 and early versions; ‘Why call me good?’ form: C, K, W, Δ, family 13 and broad later tradition.
InternalAssimilation to Mark 10:18 and Luke 18:19 explains both the altered question and the added explicit ‘God’ more readily than the reverse.
Project defaultWhy do you ask me about the good? One is the good
Project default · critical text
Witnessesτί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ... εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός · א, B, D, L, Θ, f¹, 33AlternativeWhy do you call me good? No one is good except one—God
Later Synoptic form
Witnessesτί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν ... οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός · C, K, W, Δ, f¹³, later traditionAlternativeWhy do you ask me about the good [or: call me good]? One is the good
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