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Matthew 20:31

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20:31The45 crowd scolded46 them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Lord, have mercy on us,47 Son of David!”

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  1. 45 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. 46 Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar.
  3. 47 The majority of (C W f1 33 𝔐 and several versional witnesses) read κύριε (kurie, “Lord”) after ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς (eleēson hēmas, “have mercy on us”). But since this is the order of words in v. 30 (though that wording is also disputed), and since the κύριε- first reading enjoys widespread and early support (א B D L Z Θ 085 0281 f13 892 lat), the latter was considered original. However, the decision was by no means easy. has κύριε after ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς here; a majority of that committee felt that since the placement of κύριε in last place was the nonliturgical order it “would have been likely to be altered in transcription to the more familiar sequence” ( ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The crowd demanded that they keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Be quiet!” the crowd yelled at them.

But they only shouted louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the crowd rebuked them so that they would be quiet. But they called out all the more, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.