Matthew 9

Matthew 9:4

:TEXT: “Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said”

S C D K L N W X Delta Pi(margin) Sigma f13 33 892 1010 Byz most Lect lat vg cop(north)

ASVn RSVn TEV (“perceived”) RANK: CNOTES: “Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said”

B Theta Pi(text) f1 565 700 some Lect syr(p,h) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV : Since “knowing their thoughts” is a more usual expression than “seeing their thoughts”, “seeing” was more likely to have been changed to “knowing” than vice versa and is probably original.

Matthew 9:14

:TEXT: “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much”

Sb C D K L W X Delta Theta Pi f1 f13 33 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect two lat syr(p,h,pal) cop

KJV (“oft”) ASV (“oft”) RSVn TEV (“often”) RANK: CNOTES: “Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently”

Sa most lat vg syr(s)

RSVnNOTES: “Why do we and the Pharisees fast”

S* B few cop(south)

ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB

The word “much” is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. The reading “frequently” seems to have been borrowed from Luke 5:33. Neither word is found in the parallel in Mark 2:18. It seems most likely that “much” was original and that copyists either changed it to “frequently” or omitted it to make it the same as the parallel passages.

Matthew 9:34

:TEXT: include verse 34

S B C K L W X Delta Theta Pi f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h,pal) cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: omit verse 34

D three lat syr(s)

RSV2n : Although it can be argued that the verse was added from Matthew 12:24 or Luke 11:15, the fact that it is missing from only a few manuscripts, all of which are of the Western type of text and only one of which is Greek, would indicate that it is original.