|  | Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke | 
 
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| WHO is FIRST? | |||||
| 251 | Matt 20 | 251 | Mark 10 | 322 | Luke 22 | 
| 25 | But | 42 | And | 25 | And | 
| Jesus called them to him | Jesus called them to him | ||||
| and said, | and <says> to them, | he said to them, | |||
| "You know that | "You know that | 
 | |||
| those who are supposed | |||||
| the rulers of the Gentiles | to rule over the Gentiles | "The kings of the Gentiles | |||
| lord it over them, | lord it over them, | exercise lordship over them; | |||
| and their great men | and their great men | and | |||
| exercise authority | exercise authority | those in authority | |||
| over them. | over them. | over them | |||
| are called benefactors. | |||||
| 26 | It shall not be so | 43 | But it shall not be so | 26 | But not so | 
| among you; | 
 | among you; | 
 | with you; | |
| 
 | but whoever would be great | but whoever would be great | 
 | rather let the greatest | |
| among you | among you | among you | |||
| become as the youngest, | |||||
| and the leader | |||||
| must be your servant, | 
 | must be your servant, | as one who serves. | ||
| 27 | and whoever would be first | and whoever would be first | |||
| among you | among you | ||||
| must be your slave. | must be slave of all. | ||||

| 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. | 
| <says> | RSV wording revised to reflect Greek. | 
| 251 | Sequence in synoptic outlines | 
| prior in Matt & Mark | prior in Luke | context in Matt & Mark | context in Luke | next in Matt & Mark | next in Luke | 


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