Hyper-Synopsis Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke
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The MUSTARD 109 Matt 13 208 Luke 13 31 Ἄλλην παραβολὴν* παρέϑηκεν αὐτοῖς λέγων· 20 Ἔλεγεν οὖν ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ ϑεοῦ, καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω* αὐτὴν; κόκκῳ σινάπεως 21
ὁμοία ἐστὶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως ὃν λαβὼν ἄνϑρωπος ὃν λαβὼν ἄνϑρωπος ἔσπειρεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῶ αὐτοῦ: ἔβαλεν εἰς κῆπον ἑαυτοῦ, 32 ὃ μικρότερον μέν ἐστιν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων, ὅταν δὲ αὐξηϑῇ, καὶ ηὔξησεν μεῖζον τῶν λαχάνον ἐστὶν καὶ γίνεται* δένδρον ** καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον, ὥστε ἐλϑεῖν τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατεσκηνοῦν ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ. κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ. 109
Mark 4
Thom 20 **
1 Ἔλεγον οἱ μαϑηταὶ πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· Εἰπὸν ἡμῖν τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. 30 Καὶ ἔλεγεν 2 Ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν* ὁμοία ἐστὶν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ ϑεοῦ, ἢ ἐν τίνι αὐτὴν παραβολῇ* ϑῶμεν; 31 ὧς κόκκῳ σινάπεως κόκκῳ σινάπεως· 3 ὃ μικρότερος πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων,* ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ 4 ὅταν* δὲ ἐμπέσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ᾗ κεκοπιάκασιν μικρότερον ὄν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων* τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 32 καὶ ὅταν* σπαρῇ, ἀναβαίνει καὶ γίνεται* μεῖζον παντῶν τῶν λαχάνον, καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους, ποιεῖ κλάδον μεγάλον, ὥστε δύνασϑαι ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ γίνεται* σκιὰ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατεσκηνοῦν. {πρὸς} τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
**Note: In Matt, Mark & Luke this is part of a parable cluster.
In the gospel of Thomas it appears as an independent aphorism.
To facilitate comparison of texts I have retro-translated Thomas' saying from Coptic to Greek
using Michael Grondin's literal interlinear translation of GThomas
(see line 36:26/149 on p. 5 of the page-by-page .PDF file)For analysis of this parable click here.
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 {πρὸς} Word implied by Coptic text. 109 Sequence in synoptic outlines
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