The Gospels of Matthew and Luke were taken from an earlier text that was lost and it might be resurrected by the text that is in common in both. This earlier Gospel is called Q that means source from the German word “quelle.”1
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_document
The Contents of Q
The purpose of this page is to lay out for comparison various outlines of Q that are provided by contemporary scholars. The following books are currently represented in this study.
- Richard A. Edwards, A Theology of Q: Eschatology, Prophecy, and Wisdom (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press 1976).
- Robert J. Miller, ed., The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholars Version (Sonoma, CA: Polebridge Press 1992).
- Burton L. Mack, The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q & Christian Origins (San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins 1993).
- John S. Kloppenborg Verbin, Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press 2000).
[This table is quoted from A Theology of Q, pp. xi-xiii.]
| Title | Matthew | Mark | Luke |
| The Preaching of John | 3:7-10 3:11-12 | 1:7-8 | 3:7-9 3:15-18 |
| Temptations | 4:1-11 | 4:1-13 | |
| Beatitudes | 5:3-12 | 6:20b-23 | |
| Love of Enemies | 5:38-48 7:12 | 6:27-36 | |
| Judging | 7:1-5 12:36-37 15:14 10:24-25 | 4:24-25 | 6:37-42 |
| Fruits | 7:15-20 12:33-35 | 6:43-45 | |
| House on Rock | 7:21-27 | 6:46-49 | |
| Centurion of Capernaum | 8:5-13 | 7:1-10 13:28-29 | |
| John's Question and Jesus' Answer | 11:2-6 | 7:18-23 | |
| Jesus' Witness to John | 11:7-19 21:31-32 | 7:24-35 16:16 | |
| Commissioning the Twelve | 10:1 10:7-11 10:14 | 6:6b-13 | 9:1-6 |
| On Following Jesus | 8:18-22 | 9:57-62 | |
| Commissioning of 70 | 9:37-38 10:7-16 | 10:1-12 | |
| Woes on Galilee | 11:20-24 | 10:13-15 10:12 | |
| Whoever Hears You, Hears Me | 10:40 | 10:16 | |
| Thanksgiving and Blessedness of Disciples | 11:25-27 13:16-17 | 10:21-24 | |
| Lord's Prayer | 6:9-13 | 11:1-4 | |
| Encouragement to Pray | 7:7-11 | 11:9-13 | |
| Beelzebul Controversy | 12:22-30 9:32-34 | 3:22-27 | 11:14-23 |
| Return of the Evil Spirit | 12:43-45 | 11:24-26 | |
| Sign of Jonah | 12:38-42 16:1-4 | 8:11-12 | 11:16 11:29-32 |
| Sound Eye | 6:22-23 | 11:34-36 | |
| Against the Pharisees | 23:4-36 | 7:1-9 | 11:37-54 |
| Fearless Confession | 10:26-33 | 12:2-9 | |
| Sin against the Holy Spirit | 12:31-32 | 3:29-30 | 12:10 |
| Assistance of the Holy Spirit | 10:19-20 | 13:11 | 12:11-12 21:14-15 |
| Anxiety | 6:25-34 | 12:22-32 | |
| Treasures in Heaven | 6:19-21 | 12:33-34 | |
| Watchfulness and Faithfulness | 24:42-51 | 12:35-48 | |
| Divisions in Households | 10:34-36 | 12:49-53 | |
| Signs of the Times | 16:2-3 | 12:54-56 | |
| Agreement with Accuser | 5:25-26 | 12:57-59 | |
| Mustard Seed | 13:31-32 | 4:30-32 | 13:18-19 |
| Leaven | 13:33 | 13:20-21 | |
| Exclusion from the Kingdom | 7:13-14 7:22-23 8:11-12 19:30 | 13:22-30 | |
| Lament over Jerusalem | 23:37-39 | 13:34-35 | |
| Great Supper | 22:1-14 | 14:15-24 | |
| Conditions of Discipleship | 10:37-38 | 14:25-33 | |
| Parable of Salt | 5:13 | 9:49-50 | 14:34-35 |
| Lost Sheep | 18:12-14 | 15:1-7 | |
| Two Masters | 6:24 | 16:13 | |
| Concerning the Law | 11:12-13 5:18 | 16:16-17 | |
| Warning against Offenses | 18:6-7 | 9:42 | 17:1-3a |
| On Forgiveness | 18:15 18:21-22 | 17:3b-4 | |
| On Faith | 17:19-20 | 9:28-29 | 17:5-6 |
| Day of the Son of Man | 24:23 24:26-27 24:37-39 24:17-18 10:39 24:40-41 24:28 | 13:19-23 13:14-16 | 17:22-37 |
| Parable of Pounds | 25:14-30 | 19:11-27 | |
| Precedence | 19:28 | 10:41-45 | 22:28-30 |
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Updated: Thursday, 6 October 2011 2:56 PM EDT
