21 The word ἡμέρας (hēmeras, “day”) is found after σήμερον (sēmeron, “today, this [day]”) in some early and important witnesses (B D L Θ lat), but may be a clarifying (or perhaps redundant) note. The shorter reading (found in א A W 0148vid f1, 13 33 𝔐) is thus preferred. includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

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So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today.

So they took the money and did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.

So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

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