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Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke

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LOVE  ENEMIES
S35	Matt 5	Mark	S29	Luke 6 **	Didache 1**
43	"You have heard that
	it was said,				3	Now the teaching
	'You shall love your neighbor
	and hate your enemy.'
44	But I say to you,		27	"But I say to you that hear,		of these words is this:
	Love your enemies,*			Love your enemies,*
				do good
				to those who hate you,*
			28	bless those who curse you,		Bless those who curse you
	and pray			pray		and pray
						for your enemies,*
						and fast
	for those who persecute you			for those who abuse you.		for those who persecute you.
			S38	---		---
			35	But		But for your part,
				love your enemies,		love those who hate you,*
				do good,
				and lend,
				expecting nothing in return.
						and you will have no enemy.

** Note: The rhetorical structure of this cluster in the Didache is closer to Luke  than to Matthew.

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order
S35	Sequence in synoptic outlines

 

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