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Matthew 12:8–25 — Lord of the Sabbath, Healing Multitudes, and Knowing Their Thoughts: Four Confessional Variants
Four small readings run through the next part of Matthew 12. None removes a miracle or reverses a doctrine.
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Matthew 12:31, 47 — “Forgiven unto Men” and “Thy Mother and Thy Brethren”: Two Disputed Clauses
Two passages in this chapter have very different textual histories. The words “unto men” in verse 31 stand in both the received and critical texts.
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Matthew 13:13 — “Because” or “Therefore”? Why Jesus Spoke in Parables
Matthew gives both a result and a reason. Jesus speaks in parables therefore, because the crowds see without truly seeing and hear without understanding.
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Matthew 13:35 — “By the Prophet” and “from the Foundation of the World”: The Full Prophetic Formula
The prophet is unnamed in the received text. A few witnesses name Isaiah, although the words come from Psalm 78:2, a psalm of Asaph.
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Matthew 13:55 — Joses or Joseph? The Name of Jesus’ Brother
Nazareth names four of Jesus’ brothers. The second is Joses in the Textus Receptus and Joseph in the usual critical text.
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Matthew 14:24, 30 — “In the Midst of the Sea” and the “Boisterous” Wind: The Walking-on-the-Water Variants
Matthew places the disciples in the dark with two vivid details. The received text says the boat was “in the midst of the sea.” When Peter walks toward Jesus, he sees the wind “boisterous.” Critical…
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Matthew 15:4–6 — “God Commanded,” Father and Mother, and the Commandment of God
Jesus answers a tradition that made obedience expensive and evasion easy. Three readings matter in his reply.
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Matthew 15:14 — “Blind Leaders of the Blind”: Has the Description Been Shortened?
The Textus Receptus gives Jesus’ saying in a full pair: the Pharisees are blind leaders of blind people. Some critical witnesses read simply, “They are blind guides,” and the usual critical text marks the…
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Matthew 15:31 — The Maimed Made Whole: The Order and Extent of the Healing List
The mountain beside Galilee becomes a field hospital. People lay the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others at Jesus’ feet.
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Matthew 16:13 — “Whom Do Men Say That I the Son of Man Am?”
The Textus Receptus includes the pronoun me: “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” The critical text usually omits it: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Both questions plainly concern Jesus.…
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Matthew 16:2–3 — “The Signs of the Times”: Is the Weather Saying Authentic?
The red sky saying in Matthew 16:2–3 is absent from several important early witnesses. Modern editions either bracket it, print it with a warning, or move it to a note.
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Matthew 17:20 — Unbelief or Little Faith? Why the Disciples Could Not Cast It Out
The disciples had tried and failed to cast out a devil. When they ask why, the received text answers unbelief.
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