Matthew 22:23

Matthew 22:23 Saddoukai/oi( le,gontej {B}

Although the definite article after Saddoukai/oi could have dropped out because of confusion with the termination of the noun, the Committee considered it to be much more likely that copyists added the article by assimilation to the parallel passages ( Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27). Without the article the participle means that the Sadducees advanced their negative opinion at the beginning of their conversation with Jesus; with the article the passage states the Sadducean creed (“Sadducees, who say that …”). Since this would be the only place where Matthew has provided an explanation of this sort concerning Jewish affairs, the reading without the article is to be preferred.