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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 gate!
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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.
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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 8:8–10 — Servant or Child? Authority and Faith in the Centurion’s Confession
Three details surround the centurion’s confession. The Greek noun παῖς can mean servant or child.
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Matthew 8:12 — “The Children of the Kingdom Shall Be Cast Out”: The Form of the Judgment Saying
A small ancient stream says the children of the kingdom shall go out. The Textus Receptus, the Byzantine text, and the main modern critical editions agree on shall be cast out.
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Matthew 8:18–32 — Multitudes, Disciples, the Ship, and the Demons’ Plea: A Cluster of Variants
Matthew’s crossing contains a crowd of small variants: many crowds or one, his disciples or disciples, the ship or a ship, Gergesenes or Gadarenes, and “permit us to go” or “send us.” They do not form one…
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Matthew 9:4, 8 — Jesus’ Knowledge and the Crowd’s Response: Seeing, Fearing, or Marveling?
The Authorized Version says knowing, but the received Greek literally says seeing. The main critical text agrees on that participle.
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Matthew 8:25 — “Lord, Save Us: We Perish”: The Disciples’ Cry in Full
The critical text shortens two elements. It does not explicitly name his disciples, and their cry is simply “Lord, save!” rather than “Lord, save us!” The actors and objects remain clear, but the received…
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Matthew 9:13 — “Sinners to Repentance”: Does the Gospel Call Include the Omitted Phrase?
The Textus Receptus ends with to repentance. The critical text stops after “sinners.” Luke 5:32 contains the full phrase, so the case against Matthew’s longer reading is direct: a scribe may have completed…
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Matthew 9:34 — “He Casteth Out Devils through the Prince of the Devils”: Is the Verse Authentic?
This charge is the first dark answer to the two healings that close Matthew 9. Jesus gives sight to the blind and speech to a man held by a devil.
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Matthew 10:8 — “Raise the Dead”: Does the Commission Include This Command?
The words “raise the dead” have an unsettled place in the manuscript record. Many witnesses omit them.
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Matthew 10:3 — Lebbaeus, Thaddaeus, or Both? The Name of the Twelfth Apostle
One apostle reaches us under several names. Mark calls him Thaddaeus.
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