Matthew 5:32

Matthew 5:32 kai. o]j eva.n avpolelume,nhn gamh,sh|( moica/tai {B}

The reading of B (o` … gamh,saj) seems to have been substituted for the reading of the other uncials (o]j eva.n … gamh,sh|) in order to make the construction parallel to the preceding participial clause (o` avpolu,wn). The omission of the words kai. … moica/tai (D it^{a, b, d, k} Greek and Latin mss^{acc. to Augustine}) may be due to pedantic scribes who regarded them as superfluous, reasoning that if “everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress [when she remarries],” then it would go without saying that “whoever marries a divorced woman [also] commits adultery.”