Synoptic Gospels Primer - Mustard & Leaven (Greek)

Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke

8. Mustard & Leaven
Matt 13:31-35 // Mark 4:30-34 // Luke 13:18-20

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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) pp. 181-182. 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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PARABLE of the MUSTARD
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 13
		30	Kai\ e1legen :	18	1Elegen ou}n:
			pw~j o(moiw&swmen *		ti/ni o(moi/a e0sti\n *
			th_n basilei/an		h( basilei/a
			tou~ qeou~,		tou~ qeou~,
			h@ e0n ti/ni		kai\ ti/ni
			au)th_n		o(moiw&sw * au)thn;
31	1Allhn parabolh_n		parabolh~\| qw~men;
	pare/qhken au)toi=j
	le/gwn :
	o(moi/a e0sti\n *	31	w(j	19	o(moi/a e0sti\n
	h( basilei/a
	tw~n ou0ranw~n
	ko&kkw\| sina&pewj		ko&kkw\| sina&pewj		ko&kkw\| sina&pewj
	o$n labw_n		o#j o#tan		o$n labw_n
	a!nqrwpoj e1speiren		sparh~\|		a!nqrwpoj e1balen
	e0n tw~\| a)grw~\| au)tou~:		e0pi\ th~j gh~j,		ei0j kh~pon e9autou~,
32	o# mikro&teron me/n		mikro&teron
	e0stin		o@n
	pa&ntwn		pa&ntwn
	tw~n sperma&twn,		tw~n sperma&twn
			tw~n e0pi\ th~j gh~j,
	o#tan de\	32	kai\ o#tan sparh~\|,
	au)chqh~\|,		a)nabai/nei		kai\ hu!chsen
			kai\ gi/netai *
	mei=zon		mei=zon pa&ntwn
	tw~n laxa&nwn		tw~n laxa&nwn,
	e0sti\n
	kai\ gi/netai *				kai\ e0ge/neto
	de/ndron			**	ei0j de/ndron,
			kai\ poiei=		kai\
			kla&douj mega&louj,
	w#ste e0lqei=n		w#ste du&nasqai
			u(po_ th_n skia_n
			au)tou~
	ta_ peteina_		ta_ peteina_		ta_ peteina_
	tou~ ou)ranou~		tou~ ou)ranou~		tou~ ou)ranou~
	kai\ kateskhnou~n		kateskhnou~n.		kateskh&nwsen
	e0n toi=j kla&doij				e0n toi=j kla&doij
	au)tou~.				au)tou~.
PARABLE of the LEAVEN
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 13
33	1Allhn parabolh\n
	e0la&lhsen au)toi=j :			20	Kai\ pa&lin ei}pen :
	o(moi/a e0sti\n *				ti/ni o(moiw&sw
	h( basilei/a				th_n basilei/an
	tw~n ou0ranw~n				tou~ qeou ;
					o(moi/a e0sti\n *
	zu&mh\| ,				zu&mh\| ,
	h$n labou~sa gunh_				h$n labou~sa gunh_
	e0nekruyen				e1kruyen
	ei0j a)leu&rou				ei0j a)leu&rou
	sa&ta tri/a,				sa&ta tri/a,
	e#wj ou{				e#wj ou{
	e0zumw&qh o#lon.				e0zumw&qh o#lon.
JESUS SPEAKS in PARABLES
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 13
34	Tau~ta pa&nta	33	Kai\ toiau&toij
			parabolai=j pollai=j
	e0la&lhsen o( 0Ihsou~j		e0la&lei
	e0n parabolh~j
	toi=j o!xloij,		au)toi=j
			to\n lo&gon
			kaqw_j
			h)du&nanto a)kou&ein :
	kai\ xwri\j	34	xwri\j de\
	parabolh=j		parabolh=j
	oude\n e0la/lei au0toi=j:		ou0k e0la/lei au0toi=j,
			kat' i0di/an de\
			toi=j i0di/oij maqhtai=j
			e0pe/luen pa/nta.
35	o#pwj plhrwqh~\|
	to\ r(hqe\n
	dia\ tou~ profh&tou
	le/gontoj :
	a)noi/cw
	e0n parabolai=j
	to\ sto&ma mou,
	e0reu&comai
	kekrumme/na
	a)po_ katabolh~j.

** Note: The RSV follows codices Sinaiticus & Vaticanus & p75. Most later mss. of Luke qualify the tree as mega.

Color Key
Blue	Three gospels use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two gospels use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular gospel.
<and>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
[ it ]	RSV wording not found in Greek.
	No parallel passage in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order

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last revised 29 December 2005