Matthew 23:38

Matthew 23:38 u`mw/n e;rhmoj {B}

On the one hand, it can be argued that copyists added e;rhmoj in order to conform the quotation to the text of Jeremiah 22:5. On the other hand, however, in view of what was taken to be the preponderant weight of external evidence a majority of the Committee preferred to include e;rhmoj, explaining its absence in some witnesses as the result of deletion by copyists who thought the word superfluous after avfi,etai.