John Describes his Successor

16	JOHN DESCRIBES his SUCCESSOR
Matt 3		Mark 1		Luke 3
				15	As the people were
					in expectation,
					and all men questioned
					in their hearts
					concerning John,
					whether perhaps
					he were the Christ,
		7	And he preached, saying,		John answered them all,
11	"I baptize you with water*			16	"I baptize you with water;*
	for repentance,
	but he who is coming after me*		<"He who is mightier		but he who is mightier
	is mightier than I,		than I comes after me,>*		than I <comes,>
	whose sandals		the thong of whose sandals		the thong of whose sandals
	I am not worthy		I am not worthy		I am not worthy
	to carry;		to stoop down and untie.		to untie;
		8	I have baptized you with water;*
	he will baptize you		but he will baptize you		he will baptize you
	with [the] Holy Spirit		with [the] Holy Spirit."		with [the] Holy Spirit
	and with fire.				and with fire.
12	His winnowing fork is			17	His winnowing fork is
	in his hand,				in his hand,
	and he will
	clear his threshing floor				to clear his threshing floor,
	and gather his* wheat				and to gather the wheat
	into the granary,				into his* granary,
	but the chaff he will burn				but the chaff he will burn
	with unquenchable fire."				with unquenchable fire."

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.
[had]	RSV wording; not in Greek text.
<all>	RSV wording altered to reflect Greek
*	Same wording, different order
16	Sequence in synoptic outlines

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