Text -- Matthew 5:11 (NET)

5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 5:11

¹ tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

² tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sy^s Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.