Matthew 9:14

Matthew 9:14 nhsteu,omen @polla,# {C}

The reading of a^a is obviously a scribal assimilation to the parallel in Luke 5:33, where pukna, is read without variation. It is more difficult to decide whether polla,, which is absent from the Markan account ( Mark 2:18), was added originally by Matthew or by subsequent copyists. The Committee decided that, on balance, the non-parallel reading should be preferred; yet, in view of the absence of the word from several important witnesses (a* B al), a majority thought it best to enclose polla, within square brackets.