Matthew 5:48

Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, ὡσπερ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τέλειός ἐστιν.

Be you therefore perfect, just as your Father who is in Heaven is perfect. I

Matt 5:48 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]16
Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, ὡσπερ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τέλειός ἐστι.

MSS: 7, 10, 11, 12, 18 (f9r), 22, 35 (f6r-v), 44, 113, 201, 438, 500, 504, 901 (f15r), 1203, 1701 (f3r), 2603

Matt 5:48 [Peshitta]
ܗܘܰܘ ܗܳܟ݂ܺܝܠ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܓ݁ܡܺܝܪܶܐ ܐܰܝܟ݁ܰܢܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܐܒ݂ܽܘܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ܓ݁ܡܺܝܪ ܗ݈ܽܘ܂

Matt 5:48 [Old Syriac Curetonian (Codex Curetonianus Syriacus sy^c)]
ܗܘܘ ܗܟܝܠ ܓܡܝܪ̈ܐ܂ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܐܒܘܟܘܢ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ ܓܡܝܪ ܗܘ܂

Matt 5:48 [Old Syriac Sinaitic (Codex Sinaiticus Syriacus sy^s)]
ܗܘܘ ܗܟܝܠ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܓܡܝܪ̈ܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܐܒܘܟܘܢ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ ܓܡܝܪ ܗܘ܂

Matt 5:48 [Vulgate]
estote ergo vos perfecti sicut et Pater vester caelestis perfectus est

Critical Apparatus :

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

(4) υμεις : 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, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ339 (ii), ℓ1086, Majority
(5) υμις : א
(6) OMIT υμεις : 556

(7) τελειοι : B, D, E, K, M, S, Δ, Ω, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 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, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ339c (ii), ℓ1086, Majority
(8) τελιοι : א, L, W, Σ, 9, 13

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

(12) ο πατηρ : 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, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ339 (ii), ℓ1086, Majority
(13) και ο πατηρ : 490

(14) ο εν τοις ουρανοις : D?, E¹, K, M, S, Δ, Ω, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 65, 72, 109, 113, 201, 230, 438, 439, 500, 501, 504, 505, 556, 700, 901, 1203, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ339 (ii), ℓ1086, Majority
(15) ο εν τοις ουρανους : Δ
(16) ο ουρανιος : א, B, L, W, Σ, 1, 13, 33, 157, 490, 892, 1582
(17) OMIT εν τοις : E*
(18) OMIT ο εν τοις ουρανοις : 4

(19) τελειος : B, E, K, L, M, S, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 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, 901, 1203, 1582, 1701, 2603, ℓ339, ℓ339 (ii), ℓ1086, Majority
(20) τελιος : א, D, W, 9, 13

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

Tischendorf Mt 5:48

A Textual Commentary On Matthew 5:48

(a) ὡς or ὥσπερ ? It is highly possible that the scribe of א and B mistaken ΠEΡ in ΩCΠΕΡ for ΠHΡ. Codex Washingtonensis, which for this verse is of the same text type as א and B, reads ὥσπερ instead of ὡς. Look at the similarity between ΠEΡ and ΠHΡ in Codex Washingtonensis. See also Codex E.

Mat 5:48 (Codex Washingtonensis)

This error seems to have arisen while the copyist was holding a sequence of letters (ΩCΠΕΡOΠHΡ) in his somewhat treacherous memory between the glance at the manuscript to be copied and the writing down (ΩCOΠHΡ) of what he saw there.

(b) ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς – Codices Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, Washingtonianus, and Family 1 have οὐράνιος. Tischendorf quotes the Peshitta to support οὐρανοῖς, but G.H. Williams doubts the evidence for οὐρανοῖς. Τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς in Matt 5:16, and ὁ οὐράνιος in Matt 6:14, are each rendered by ܕ݁ܒ݂ܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ; in neither place is there any variation in the Greek.