Synoptic Sayings - The Leaven

The MUSTARD
109	Matt 13	208	Luke 13
31	Another parable* he put before them,	20	He
	saying,		said therefore,
	"The kingdom of heaven		"What is the kingdom of God like? *
			And to what shall I compare* it?
	is like* a grain of mustard seed	21	It is like a grain of mustard seed
	which a man took		which a man took
	[and] sowed in his field;		[and] <tossed> in his <own> garden;
32	it is the smallest of all seeds,
	but when it has grown		and it grew
	it is the greatest of shrubs
	and becomes a tree,	**	and became a tree,
	so that the birds of the air* come		and the birds of the air*
	and make nests in its branches."		made nests in its branches."
109	Mark 4	Thom 20**
		1	The disciples said to Jesus: "Tell us
			what the kingdom of heaven is like."
30	And he said,	2	He said to them:
	"<How shall> we compare*
	the kingdom of God,
	or what parable shall we use for it?
31	As a grain of mustard seed,		"It is like a mustard seed.
		3	[It] is the smallest of all seeds.*
	which, when <it is> sown	4	But when it falls
	upon the <earth>,		upon prepared soil,
	is the smallest of all the seeds*
	<upon the> earth;
32	yet when it is sown
	<it rises up>
	and becomes the greatest of all shrubs,
	and puts forth large branches,		it produces a large plant
	so that the birds of the air*
	can make nests in its shade."		and becomes a shelter
			for the birds of the air.*

Color Code
Red	Four texts use same wording.
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
<the>	Word not in RSV or revised to reflect Greek.
[it]	Word in RSV but not Greek text.
109	Sequence in synoptic outlines

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