Discovery BoxMatthew 14:21 
Context14:21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.
Matthew 15:38
Context15:38 Not counting children and women, 1 there were four thousand men who ate. 2
Matthew 16:10
Context16:10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?
1 tc ‡ Although most witnesses (B C L W Ë13 33 Ï f sys,p,h mae) read “women and children” instead of “children and women,” it is likely that the majority’s reading is a harmonization to Matt 14:21. “Children and women” is found in early and geographically widespread witnesses (e.g., א D [Θ Ë1] 579 lat syc sa bo), and has more compelling internal arguments on its side, suggesting that this is the original reading. NA27, however, agrees with the majority of witnesses.
2 tn Grk “And those eating were four thousand men, apart from children and women.”
