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Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke |
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WOULD-BE FOLLOWERS ** | ||||||
39 | Matt 8 | Mark | 171 | Luke 9 | Thom 86 | |
18 | Now when Jesus saw | |||||
great crowds around him, | ||||||
he gave orders | ||||||
to go over to the other side. | 57 | As they were going | ||||
along the road, | ||||||
19 | And a scribe came up | |||||
and said to him, | a man said to him, | |||||
"Teacher, I will follow you | "I will follow you | |||||
wherever you go." | wherever you go." | |||||
20 | And Jesus said to him, | 58 | And Jesus said to him, | 1 | Jesus said: | |
"Foxes have holes, | "Foxes have holes, | "{Foxes have} holes, | ||||
and birds of the air | and birds of the air | and birds | ||||
have nests; | have nests; | have their nests; | ||||
but the Son of man | but the Son of man | but the Son of man | ||||
has nowhere | has nowhere | has nowhere | ||||
to lay his head." | to lay his head." | to lay his head | ||||
and rest." | ||||||
59 | To another he said, | |||||
"Follow me."* | ||||||
21 | Another of the disciples | |||||
said to him, | But he said, | |||||
"Lord, let me first go | "Lord, let me first go | |||||
and bury my father." | and bury my father." | |||||
22 | But Jesus said to him, | 60 | But he said to him, | |||
"Follow me,* | ||||||
and leave the dead | "Leave the dead | |||||
to bury their own dead." | to bury their own dead; | |||||
but as for you,. | ||||||
go | ||||||
and proclaim | ||||||
the kingdom of God." | ||||||
61 | Another said, | |||||
"I will follow you, Lord; | ||||||
but let me first say farewell | ||||||
to those at my home." | ||||||
62 | Jesus said to him, | |||||
"No one | ||||||
who puts his hand to the plow |
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and looks back | ||||||
is fit for the kingdom of God." |
** For interpretation of the first aphorism in this pericope click here.
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. |
{foxes} | Text damaged; probable wording. |
39 | Sequence in synoptic outlines |
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Canonical gospel selection in the
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