John the Baptist - A Voice in the Wilderness

12	VOICE in the WILDERNESS
Matt 3		Mark 1		Luke 3		John 1
1	In those days			1	In the fifteenth year
					of the reign
					of Tiberius Caesar,
					Pontius Pilate
					being governor of Judea,
					and Herod
					being tetrarch of Galilee,
					and his brother Philip
					tetrarch of the region
					of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
					and Lysanias
					tetrarch of Abilene,
				2	in the high-priesthood
					of Annas and Caiaphas,
					the word of God came
	John the Baptist,		[see Mark 1:4 below]		to John*
					the son of Zechariah
	preaching *
	in the wilderness*				in the wilderness;*
	of Judea,
2	"Repent,
	for the kingdom
	of heaven
	is at hand."
				3	and he went
					into all the region
					about the Jordan,
			[see Mark 1:4 below]		preaching*	19	And this is
					a baptism of repentance*		the testimony of John,
					for the forgiveness of sins.*		when the Jews sent
3	For this is he						priests and Levites
							from Jerusalem
	who was spoken of	2	As it is written	4	As it is written		to ask him,
	by		in		in the book of the words		"Who are you?"
	the prophet Isaiah*		Isaiah the prophet,*		of Isaiah the prophet,*
	when he <says>,					23	He said,
			"Behold, I send
			my messenger
			before thy face,
			who shall prepare
			thy way;
	"The voice of one		the voice of one		"The voice of one		"I am the voice of one
	crying in the wilderness:		crying in the wilderness:		crying in the wilderness:		crying in the wilderness,
	Prepare	3	Prepare		Prepare		`Make straight*
	the way of the Lord,		the way of the Lord,		the way of the Lord,		the way of the Lord,'
	make his paths straight."		make his paths straight."		make his paths straight.		as
				5	Every valley shall be filled,		the prophet Isaiah* said."
					and every mountain
					and hill
					shall be brought low,
					and the crooked
					shall be made straight,
					and the rough ways
					shall be made smooth;
				6	and all flesh shall see
					the salvation of God."
	[see Matt 3:1 above]	4	John* the baptizer			28	This took place
			appeared				in Bethany
			in the wilderness,*		[see Luke 3:3 above]		beyond the Jordan,
			preaching*				where John*
			a baptism of repentance*				was baptizing.
			for the forgiveness of sins.*

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

Color Code
Red	Four texts use same vocabulary.
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel text in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
< >	RSV wording altered to reflect Greek
12	Sequence in synoptic outlines