Matthew 23:14
Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees
Reading Supported
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Variant Issue
Modern editions often omit Matthew 23:14 or weigh the placement/order of the parallel material in Mark and Luke as part of the evidence.
Quick read
Matthew 23:14 has a strong Greek majority, Syriac support, and patristic support from Hilary and Chrysostom, while placement/order of the parallel material affects how the evidence is weighed.
Support category
Strong majority of Greek manuscripts
Sources used
INTF NTVMR; ECM where published/available; NA/UBS apparatuses; Tyndale House Greek New Testament apparatus; passage-specific manuscript studies where applicable
Manuscript Count Snapshot
Manuscript evidence at a glance.
Greek support
1,000+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against
Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses
Support category
Strong majority of Greek manuscripts
Lectionary support
No specific lectionary support listed.
Main evidence against
Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, L, Theta, family 1, 33, 892 text, 1344
Evidence Summary
Strong majority of Greek manuscripts
Matthew 23:14 has a strong Greek majority, Syriac support, and patristic support from Hilary and Chrysostom, while placement/order of the parallel material affects how the evidence is weighed.
Greek support
1,000+ Greek manuscripts
Against
Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses
Patristic
2 entries
Site Summary Score
88% for / 12% against
A site-level summary from the Greek manuscript count plus the Latin, Syriac, Coptic, patristic, lectionary, and printed evidence listed for this passage.
For the KJV/TR reading: 88% site summary score
Against or alternate readings: 12% site summary score
Greek support snapshot: 1,000+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against snapshot: Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses