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Parallel Texts in Matthew, Mark & Luke |
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| CLEANING the OUTSIDE | ||||||
| 289 | Matt 23 | Mark | 192 | Luke 11 | Thomas 89** |
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| 37 | While he was speaking, | |||||
| a Pharisee asked him | ||||||
| to dine with him; | ||||||
| so he went in | ||||||
| and sat at table. | ||||||
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[see Matt 15:1-2] |
[see Mark 7:1-2] | 38 | The Pharisee was astonished | |||
| to see that | ||||||
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he did not first wash | |||||
| before dinner. | ||||||
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And the Lord said to him, | 1 | Jesus said: | |||
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"Woe to you, scribes | "Now you | "Why do you | |||
| and Pharisees | Pharisees | |||||
| hypocrites! | ||||||
| for you cleanse the outside | cleanse the outside | cleanse the outside | ||||
| of the cup and of the plate, | of the cup and of the dish, | of the cup? | ||||
| but inside they are full | but inside you are full | |||||
| of distortion and rapacity. | of distortion and wickedness. | |||||
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You blind Pharisee! | 40 | You fools! |
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Don't you understand | |
| Did not he | that the one | |||||
| who made the outside* | who made the inside* | |||||
| is also* the one | ||||||
| make the inside* also?* | who made the outside?* | |||||
| First cleanse the inside |
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But give for alms | ||||
| of the cup and of the plate, | those things that are within; | |||||
| that the outside | and behold, | |||||
| also may be clean. | everything is clean for you. | |||||
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**Note:
In the gospel of Thomas
this appears as an
independent aphorism. |
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| 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. | |
| * | Same wording, different order. |
| 192 | Sequence in synoptic outlines |
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Canonical gospel selection in the
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