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Matthew 7
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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 defaultwill be likened to a discerning man
Project default · passive early reading
Witnessesὁμοιωθήσεται · B, Z, Θ, family 1, 33, important versionsAlternativeI will liken him to a discerning man
Explicit speaker as agent
Witnessesὁμοιώσω αὐτόν · א, C, L, W, family 13, Byzantine traditionAlternativewill be likened [I will liken him] to a discerning man
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