Luke 20:29-31

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 20:29 tn Grk “took a wife” (an idiom for marrying a woman).
2. Luke 20:30 tc Most mss (A W Θ Ψ ƒ^1,13 33 M lat) have the words, “took the wife and this one died childless” after “the second.” But this looks like a clarifying addition, assimilating the text to Mark 12:21. In light of the early and diverse witnesses that lack the expression (א B D L 0266 892 1241 co), the shorter reading should be considered authentic.