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Compared with Acts, for example, the text of Matthew is relatively stable. But as with all the Synoptic Gospels, Matthew’s text is afflicted with many variants that are tied to the synoptic problem. This provides many opportunities for harmonizing or disharmonizing alterations in the transmission (e.g., variants at Matt. 12:47; 16:2-3; 18:10-11). But not every instance of possible harmonization should be taken as such and assumed to be secondary (12:4, 47; 13:35 may well be examples where caution is required). Davies and Allison provide an excellent bibliography on these textual matters.