Mattai 20:28, Bezae and Old Scratch

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Akhay,

Check out this spurious reading from Old Scratch in Mattai 20:28:

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0nynmdzmd 0m Jwr0zt Fwbr Nm fw

Nykmtsm Jwtywh f Fym4x0 tybl Jwtn0
rtymd Nm F0n fd Frtym Fkwdb

Brqt0 Fym4x0 0rm Kl rm0nw Knm
Nyd n0 0kyms Yny9b thbtw txtl

rycbd Nm F0nw Frycb Fkwdb Kmtst
Brqt0 Fym4x0 0rm Kl rm0nw Knm

Fxwb4t Kl 0whtw Kmts0w f9t0w
0kyms Yny9b Frtym
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Translation:

"But you should seek to increase from that which is small, and to become less from that which is greater. When you enter into a house and are summoned to dine, do not sit down in the highest places, lest perchance a more honorable man than you come in afterwards, and he who invited you to come should say to you, go down lower; and you be ashamed. But if you sit down in the worst place, and one worse than you should come in afterwards, then he that invited you will say to you, go up higher; and this will be advantageous for you."

Why this addition of this spurious made-up reading? Well, the Bezae contains it....why else? <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->