page_title: Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew
section_title: Matthew 25
hierarchical_section_title: Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew / Matthew 25
caption_attribution_description: English: texte de Matthieu 25,41-46
context_page_description: Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew are the subject of the study called textual criticism of the New Testament. Textual variants in manuscripts arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text that is being reproduced.
  An abbreviated list of textual variants in this particular book is given in this article below.
  Origen, writing in the 3rd century, was one of the first who made remarks about differences between manuscripts of texts that were eventually collected as the New Testament. He declared his preferences among variant readings. For example, in Matthew 27:16–17, he favored "Barabbas" against "Jesus Barabbas". "Gergeza" was preferred over "Geraza" or "Gadara".
  Most of the variations are not significant and some common alterations include the deletion, rearrangement, repetition, or replacement of one or more words when the copyist's eye returns to a similar word in the wrong location of the original text. If their eye skips to an earlier word, they may create a repetition. If their eye skips to a later word, they may create an omission.
context_section_description: Matthew 25:1
  του νυμφιου — א B K L W X² Δ Π f¹³ 28 33 565 700 892ᵐᵍ 1009 1010 1071 1079 1195ᶜ 1216 1230 1241 1242ᶜ 1253 1344 1365 1546 1646 2148 2174 Byz Lect
  τω νυμφιω — C
  των νυμφιων — 892*
  του νυμφιου και της νυμφης — D X Θ Σ f¹ 124* 174 1195ᵛⁱᵈ latt syrs,p,h** mae-1 arm geoᵐˢˢ Diatessaronᵐˢˢ Origen Basil
  Matthew 25:17
  ἐκέρδησεν — א, B, C*, L, 33, 892, 1010, 1546, itaur, g¹, l, vg, syrp, pal, copsa, bo, arm, eth
  καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκέρδησεν — D itᵈ
  ἐκέδησεν καὶ αὐτός — A, C³, K, W, X, Δ, Θ, Π, 074 ƒ¹ ƒ¹³, 28, 565, 700, 1009, 1071, 1079, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1242, 1253, 1344, 1365, 1646, 2174, 𝔐 Lect itʰ, syrʰ
  Matthew 25:41
  το ητοιμασμενον (which has been prepared) — ⁴⁵ א B K L W Δ Θ Π 067 074 0128 0136 f¹³ 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1071 1079 1195 1216 1230 1241 1242 1253 1365 1546 1646 2148 2174 Byz Lect
  τῷ ἡτοιμασμένον (that has been prepared) F
  τω ητοιμασμενω (that has been prepared) — 1009 1344 ℓ 1663
  ο ητοιμασεν ο πατηρ μου (which my Father prepared) — D f¹ itᵐˢˢ Justin Martyr Irenaeusˡᵃᵗ Origen Cyprian
  ο ητοιμασεν ο κυριος (which the Lord prepared) — Clement Tertullian
caption: Matthew 25:41-46 from Papyrus 45
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