Synoptic Gospels Primer - Lamp & Secret (Greek)

Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke

5. The Lamp
Mark 4:21-25 // Luke 8:16-18
Matt 5:15 // Luke 11:33
Matt 10:26-7 // Luke 12:2-3

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Greek Text

The reconstruction of the gospel texts below is based on the critical edition of E. Nestle's Novum Testamentum Graece presented with a fuller critical apparatus in Kurt Aland's Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum ed. ii (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1964) p. 179. The matched column format & color coding employed here is the original work of the author of this electronic edition.

Note: The accented Greek script used to compose this synopsis is SP Ionic.
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The LAMP & the SECRET
Matt 13	Mark 4		Luke 8
	21	Kai\ e1legen au)toi=j o#ti
		mh&ti e1rxetai o( lu&xnoj	16	Ou0dei\j de\ lu&xnon a#faj
		i3na
		u(po to_n mo&dion
		teqh~\|		skeu&ei
		h2 u(po th_n kli/nhn ;		h2 u(poka&tw kli/nhj
				ti/qhsin,
		ou)x i3na		a)ll'
		e0pi\ th_n luxni/an		e0pi\ luxni/aj
		teqh~\| ;		tiqhsin,
	22	ou) ga&r e0stin	17	ou) ga&r e0stin
		ti krupto&n,		krupto&n
		e0a_n mh_		o$ ou)
		i3na fanerwqh~\| :		fanero_n genh&setai,
		ou)de\ e0ge/neto		ou)de
		a0po&krufon,		a0po&krufon,
		a)ll' i3na		o$ ou)
		e1lqh\|		mh_ gnwsqh~\|
		ei0j fanero_n.		kai\ ei0j fanero_n
				e1lqh\|.
	23	ei1 tij e1xei w}ta
		a)kou&ein,
		a)koue/tw.

Compare: Mark 4:21 // Luke 8:16 (above) with

The LAMP
Matthew 5		Mark	Luke 11
14	9Umei=j e0ste
	to\ fw~j tou~ ko&smou.
	ou0 du&natai
	po&lij krubh~nai
	e0pa&nw ou!rouj keime/nh.
15	Ou0de\ kai/ousin\ lu&xnon		33	Ou0dei\j lu&xnon a#faj
	kai\ tiqe&asin au)ton			ei0j krupto_n ti/qhsin
				ou)de\
	u(po to_n mo&dion			u(po to_n mo&dion
	a)ll'			a)ll'
	e0pi\ th_n luxni/an			e0pi\ th_n luxni/an
	kai\			i3na
	la&mpei			oi9 ei0sporeuo&menoi
	pa~sin toi=j			to_ fe/ggoj
	e0n th~\| oi0ki/a\| .			ble/pwsin .

Compare: Mark 4:22 // Luke 8:17 (above) with

The SECRET REVEALED
Matthew 10		Mark	Luke 12
26	Mh_ ou}n
	fobhqh~te au0tou&j :
	ou)de\n ga&r e0stin		2	Ou)de\n de\
	kekalumme/non			sugkekalumme/non e0stin
	o$ ou0k			o$ ou0k
	a)pokalufqh&setai,			a)pokalufqh&setai,
	kai\ krupto_n			kai\ krupto_n
	o$ ou)			o$ ou)
	gnwsqh&setai.			gnwsqh&setai.
27	o( le/gw u(mi=n		3	a)nq' w{n o#sa
	e0n th~\| skoti/a\|,			e0n th~\| skoti/a\|,
	ei1pate			ei1pate
	e0n tw~\| fwti/ :			e0n tw~\| fwti/
				a)kousqh&setai,
	kai\			kai\
	o# ei0j to\ ou}j			o# pro_j to\ ou}j
	a0kou&ete,			e0lalh&sate
				e0n toi=j tamiei/oij
	khru&cate			khruxqh&setai
	e0pi\ tw~n dwma&twn.			e0pi\ tw~n dwma&twn.

Color Code

Red Four texts use same wording.

Blue Three texts use same wording.

Teal Two texts use same wording.

Purple Two texts worded the same in one gospel.

Black Words unique to a particular text.

No parallel passage in this gospel.

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last revised 29 December 2005