Synoptic Gospels Primer - Measure & Gain (English)

Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke

6. The Measure
Matt 13:12 // Mark 4:24-25 // Luke 8:18
Matt 7:2 // Luke 6:38
Matt 25:29 // Luke 19:26

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Texts

MEASURE & GAIN
Matthew 13		Mark 4		Luke 8
		24	And he said to them,
			"Take heed	18	Take heed then
			what you hear;		how you hear;
			the measure you [give]
			will be the measure
			you get,
			and still more
		*	will be given you.
12	For <whoever> has,	25	For <he> who has,		for <he> who has,
	<to him		<to him		<to him
	it will be given>,		it will be given>;		it will be given>;
	and
	he will have abundance;
**	but	**	and	**	and
	<whoever has not>,		<he who has not>,		<he who has not>,
	even what		even what		even what
	he has		he has		he thinks he has
	will be taken away		will be taken away		will be taken away
	<from him>."		<from him>."		<from him>."

* Note: Mark 4:24 -- The text follows the oldest mss. in the Egyptian recension; the majority of later Byzantine codices have "given to those who hear."

** Note: Mark 4:25 & parallels: "has not" -- Matthew & Mark use ouk with the indicative; Luke uses mé with the subjunctive.

Compare: Mark 4:24 (above) with

MEASURE

Matthew 7 Mark Luke 6

2 For with the judgment you pronounce

you will be judged

and the measure you [give] 38b For the measure you [give]

will be the measure will be the measure

you get." you get back."

Compare: Matt 13:12 // Mark 4:25 // Luke 8:18 (above) with

GAIN & LOSS

Matthew 25 Mark Luke 19

29 "For 26 "I tell you that

to everyone who has *** to everyone who has ***

<it will be given>, <it will be given>,

and he will have abundance;

but but

he who has not, *** from him who has not, ***

even what he has even what he has

will be taken away will be taken away."

<from him>."

*** Note: "who has...who has not" -- Matt 25:29 & Luke 19:26 use a present participle construction [literally: "the having...the not having"] unlike the present indicative in Mark 4:25 & parallels.

Color Code

Red Five texts use same wording.

Purple Four texts use same wording.

Blue Three texts use same wording.

Teal Two texts use same wording.

Black Words unique to a particular gospel.

<the> RSV wording 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