Synoptic Gospels Primer - Lamp & Secret (English)

Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke

5. The Lamp
Mark 4:21-25 // Luke 8:16-18
Matt 5:15 // Luke 11:33
Matt 10:26-7 // Luke 12:2-3

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The LAMP & the SECRET
Matt 13	Mark 4		Luke 8
	21	And he said to them,
			16	"No one after lighting
		"Is <the> lamp brought in		a lamp
		to be put under <the> bushel,		covers it with a vessel,
		or under <the> bed,		or puts it <underneath> a bed,
		[and] not <put> on <the> stand?		but puts it on a stand,
				that those who enter
				may see the light.
	22	For [there] is no thing <hidden>	17	For nothing is <hidden>
		except to be [made] manifest;		that shall not be made manifest,
		nor <made> secret,		nor [anything] secret
				that shall not be known
		except to come to light.		and come to light."
	23	If <anyone> has ears to hear,
		let him hear."

Compare: Mark 4:21 // Luke 8:16 (above) with

The LAMP
Matthew 5		Mark	Luke 11
14	"You are the light of the world.
	A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
15	Nor do [men] <kindle> a lamp		33	"No one after lighting a lamp
	and put it			puts [it] in a cellar,
	under <the> bushel			or under <the> bushel,
	but on <the> stand			but on <the> stand,
				that those who enter
	and it <shines>			may see the <illumination>."
	to all in the house."

Compare: Mark 4:22 // Luke 8:17 (above) with

The SECRET REVEALED
Matthew 10		Mark	Luke 12
26	"So have no fear of them;
	for nothing is covered		2	Nothing is covered up
	that will not be <uncovered>,			that will not be <uncovered>,
	<and> hidden			or hidden
	that will not be made known.			that will not be made known.
			3	Therefore,
27	What I tell you			whatever you <utter>
	in the dark			in the dark
	utter in the light;			shall be heard in the light,
	and what you hear whispered,			and what you whispered
				in private rooms
	proclaim upon the housetops."			shall be proclaimed upon the housetops".

Color Code

Red Four texts use same wording.

Blue Three texts use same wording.

Teal Two texts use same wording.

Purple Two texts worded the same in one gospel.

Black Words unique to a particular text.

<the> Word not in RSV or revised to reflect Greek.

[it] Word in RSV but not Greek text.

No parallel passage in this gospel.

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last revised 28 February 2023