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ὁμοιωθήσεται / ὁμοιώσω αὐτόν

TEXTGRAMMARTRANSLATIONmedium confidence

Is the hearer ‘likened’ to a wise man, or does Jesus say ‘I will liken him’?

The principal readings differ in voice and agency. The passive ‘will be likened’ has strong early support; ‘I will liken him’ is familiar from the later tradition and makes Jesus the explicit comparer.

Why this default

The passive ‘will be likened’ is the working default because it has important early support and is the less explicit form. ‘I will liken him’ is ancient and widespread, so the decision remains medium confidence.

Evidence

ExternalPassive form: B, Z, Θ, family 1, 33 and important versions; active ‘I will liken him’: א, C, L, W, family 13 and the Byzantine tradition.

InternalThe active form supplies Jesus as the obvious agent and smooths the sentence. Conversely, scribes could assimilate the saying to passive comparison formulas, so internal evidence is not decisive.

Project defaulteveryone who hears these words of mine and does them will be likened to a discerning man

Project default · passive early reading

Witnessesὁμοιωθήσεται · B, Z, Θ, family 1, 33, important versions
AlternativeI will liken everyone who hears these words of mine and does them to a discerning man

Explicit speaker as agent

Witnessesὁμοιώσω αὐτόν · א, C, L, W, family 13, Byzantine tradition
Alternativeeveryone who hears these words of mine and does them will be likened [I will liken this person] to a discerning man

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WitnessesDisplay option · both verbal forms shown

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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