Matthew 5:47

καὶ ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον, τί περισσὸν ποιεῖτε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι οὕτως ποιοῦσιν;

And if you greet your brothers only, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do that?

Matt 5:47 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]16
Kαὶ ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον, τί περισσὸν ποιεῖτε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι οὕτω ποιοῦσιν;

Matt 5:47 [Peshitta]
ܘܶܐܢ ܫܳܐܠܺܝܢ ܐܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܰܫܠܳܡܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܐܚܰܝܟ݁ܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܰܠܚܽܘܕ݂ ܡܳܢܳܐ ܝܰܬ݁ܺܝܪ ܥܳܒ݂ܕ݁ܺܝܢ ܐܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܠܳܐ ܗܳܐ ܐܳܦ݂ ܡܳܟ݂ܣܶܐ ܗܺܝ ܗܳܕ݂ܶܐ ܥܳܒ݂ܕ݁ܺܝܢ܂

Matt 5:47 [Old Syriac Curetonian (Codex Curetonianus Syriacus sy^c)]
ܘܐܢ ܫܐܠܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܒܫܠܡܐ ܕܐ̈ܚܝܟܘܢ ܒܠܚܘܕ܂ ܡܢܐ ܗܝ ܛܝܒܘܬܟܘܢ܂ ܠܐ ܗܐ ܐܦ ܚ̈ܢܦܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܥܒܕܝܢ܀

Matt 5:47 [Old Syriac Sinaitic (Codex Sinaiticus Syriacus sy^s)]
OMITTED

Matt 5:47 [Vulgate]
et si salutaveritis fratres vestros tantum quid amplius facitis nonne et ethnici hoc faciunt

Critical Apparatus :

(1) ασπασησθε : א, B, E, K, L, M, S, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 65, 72, 109, 113, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(2) ασπασησθαι : D, W, 4
(3) αγαπησησθε : 2603

(4) τους αδελφους : א, B, D, 1, 13, 22, 892, 1582, Peshitta (ܕ݁ܰܐܚܰܝܟ݁ܽܘܢ), Syriac Curetonian (ܕܐ̈ܚܝܟܘܢ), Vulgate (fratres)
(5) τους φιλους : E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 65, 72, 109, 113, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 901, 1203, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority, Complutensian
(6) του φιλους : K

(7) μονον : א, B, D, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 65, 72, 109, 113, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 892, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(8) μονους : 901

(9) τι περισσον ποιειτε : B, D, E, K, M, S, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 65, 72, 109^c, 113, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, Majority
(10) τι περισσον ποιειται : א, W, 109*
(11) τι περισσον ποιητε : L
(12) ποια υμιν χαρις εστιν : ℓ1086

(13) ουχι : א, B, D, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 65, 72, 113, 157, 201, 230, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 892, 901, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(14) ουχοι : 109

(15) τελωναι : E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 34, 35, 36, 43, 65, 72, 109, 113, 157, 201, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 901, 1203, 1701, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority, Peshitta (ܡܳܟ݂ܣܶܐ)
(16) εθνικοι : א, B, D, 1, 22, 33, 44, 230, 892, 1582, 2603c, Syriac Curetonian (ܚ̈ܢܦܐ), Vulgate (ethnici)

(17) ουτω : 3, 18, 34, 35, 157, 201, 230, 505, Elzevir
(18) ουτως : E, K, L, S, Δ, Ω, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 36, 43, 65?, 72, 109, 438, 439, 490, 500?, 501, 504, 1203, 1701, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Complutensian,
(19) το αυτο : א, B, D, M, W, Σ, 1, 4, 10, 13, 33, 113, 556, 700, 892, 901, 1582, Peshitta, Vulgate (hoc)
(20) το αυτω : 44
(21) τουτο : 22
(22) ωσαυτως το αυτο : 2603c

(23) ποιουσιν : א, B, E, K, L, D, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 65, 72, 109, 113, 201, 230?, 438, 439, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, 2603c, ℓ1086, Majority
(24) ποιουσι : 4, 44, 157, ℓ339

Tischendorf Mt 5:47

A Textual Commentary On Matthew 5:47

(a) ασπασησθε or ασπασησθαι? During the early centuries of the Christian era certain vowels and diphthongs of the Greek language lost their distinctive sounds and came to be pronounced alike e.g. the diphthong αι and the vowel ε. As a result the second person plural ending –σθε sounded the same as the ending of the middle and passive infinitive -σθαι, accounting for the variants ασπασησθε and ασπασησθαι, and many other passages. Ασπασησθαι found in D and W should be rejected as the reading of the majority manuscripts is supported by Codices Vaticanus and Sinaiticus.

(b) ἀδελφοὺς or φίλους? The latter is supported by the majority of the Greek manuscripts but the former, found in Codices Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, and Bezae, is attested by Peshitta, Syriac Curetonian and the Vulgate.

(c) Μatt. ν. 47. Ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ΦΙΛΟΥΣ is the reading of the Complutensian edition, and of most of the Greek MSS. as Erasmus testifies, and in all, as Stephens ; yet in their edition, and in almost all afterwards, from the authority of the Vulgate, it is changed into ΑΔΕΛΦΟΥΣ ; and the like of many others.
(William Bowyer, Critical Conjectures And Observations On The New Testament, 1812, p. 3)

(d) τελῶναι or ἐθνικοὶ?

In the late P. Oxy I. 126¹³ (A.D. 572) ἐθνικός is used of a “collector” of taxes, a sense not found elsewhere. In MGr the adj. means “national.”
(Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, p. 181)

See also :
(i) ἐθνικός in Liddell & Scott: IV. ἐθνικός, ὁ, tax-collector, POxy.126.13 (vi A.D.)
(ii) P. Oxy I. 126.¹³