Matthew 7:24 — “I Will Liken Him” or “He Shall Be Likened”?
The Textus Receptus gives Jesus the active verb: I will liken him. The critical text uses a passive: he shall be likened.
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Matthew 7:21 — “My Father Which Is in Heaven”: Singular or Plural Heavens?
The title “singular or plural heavens” names a problem that is not in the Greek manuscripts. Both the Textus Receptus and the critical text use the plural οὐρανοῖς.
Open record →Matthew 7:13–14 — The Wide Gate and the Narrow Way: Additions, Omissions, or Authentic Parallels?
Some witnesses lose the gate from one side of Christ’s picture. At verse 14, editions divide between for the gate is narrow and an exclamation, how narrow the…
Open record →Matthew 6:33 — “The Kingdom of God”: Does “of God” Belong in the Text?
The words of God are omitted by some important witnesses. Modern Greek editions do not speak with one voice: SBLGNT omits them, NA28 brackets them, and the Tyndale…
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Matthew 6:28 — How the Lilies Grow: Competing Forms of Christ’s Illustration
The witnesses vary in the number and form of “grow,” in the order of the clauses, and in attempts to explain what lilies do not do. An Oxyrhynchus…
Open record →Matthew 6:25 — “What Ye Shall Eat, or What Ye Shall Drink”: The Full Saying on Anxiety
The words or what ye shall drink have uneven support. Some witnesses omit the whole phrase; others keep drink but change the connector between eating and drinking.
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