*A star (*) is used to mark verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these historical presents to English past tenses.

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And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.

So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.

And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?’ But he could say nothing.

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

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