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Matthew 23
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matthew.23.mt23Verse14
[οὐαὶ ... κατεσθίετε τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν]
TEXTBOUNDARYTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Does Matthew include the woe about devouring widows’ houses?
The entire verse is absent from the earliest and most diverse witnesses; later copies insert a saying secure in Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47, in more than one position.
Why this default
Omission is default because the earliest and most diverse witnesses lack the verse, while the same saying is secure in Mark and Luke. Its variable position in Matthew is characteristic of a later insertion.
Evidence
ExternalOmit: א, B, D, L, Z, Θ, family 1, 33 and major early versions; include: later witnesses, placed either before or after verse 13.
InternalHarmonization from Mark 12:40 or Luke 20:47 readily explains the wording. Multiple insertion points are difficult to explain if the sentence originally occupied one fixed place.
Project default[Verse 14 absent from the earliest text]
Project default · omission
Witnessesverse absent · א, B, D, L, Z, Θ, f¹, 33, early versionsAlternativeWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense pray at length; because of this you will receive greater judgment
Later inserted verse
Witnessesverse present · later Greek and Byzantine witnessesAlternative[Woe ... you devour widows’ houses ...]
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