The “Q” Source

Matthew

Luke

Contents

3:7b-12

3:7-9,16-17

John the Baptist: warnings, promise of one to come

4:2b-lla

4:2-13

three temptations (testings) of
Jesus by the devil (different order)

5:3,6,4,11-12

6:20b-23

beatitudes (different order, wording)

5:44,39b-40,42

6:27-30

love of enemies; turn other
cheek; give coat; give to beggars

7:12

6:31

what you wish others to do to you, do to them

5:46-47,45,48

6:32-33,35b-36

love more than those who love
you; be merciful as the Father is

7:1-2

6:37a,38c

judge not and be not judged;
measure given is measure received

15:14,10:24-25a

6:39-40

can blind lead the blind; disciple not above teacher

7:3-5

6:41-42

speck in brother’s eye, log in one’s own

7:16-20(12:33-35)

6:43-45

no good tree bears bad fruit; no figs from thorns

7:21,24-27

6:46-49

calling me Lord and not doing;
hearing my words and doing them

8:5a-10,13

7:l-2,6b-10

centurion at Capernaum begs help for sick servant,
marvelous faith

11:2-11

7:18-28

disciples of John the Baptist;
message to him; praise of John the Baptist as more than a prophet

11:16-19

7:31-35

this generation pleased by neither John the Baptist
nor Son of Man

8:19-22

9:57-60

Son of Man has nowhere to lay
head; to follow him let dead bury dead

9:37-38; 10:7-16

10:2-12

harvest plentiful, laborers few; mission
instructions

11:21-23; 10:40

10:13-16

woe to Chorazin, Bethsaida; whoever
hears you, hears me

11:25-27; 13:16-17

10:21-24

thanking
the Father for revealing to infants; all things given to the Son who alone knows the Father;
blessed eyes that see what you see

6:9-13

11:2-4

the Lord’s prayer (variant forms—Matt’s longer)

7:7-11

11:9-13

ask and it will be given; if
you give good gifts, how much more the Father

12:22-30

11:14-15,17-23

demons
cast out by Beelzebul; strong man guards his palace; not with me, against me

12:43-45

11:24-26

unclean
spirit gone out of someone returns and brings seven others, making worse

12:38-42

11:29-32

generation seeks sign; sign of Jonah; judgment
by people of Nineveh,
queen of south

5:15; 6:22-23

11:33-35

Not putting lamp under bushel;
eye lamp of body, if unsound, darkness

23:25-26,23,6-7a,27

11:39-44

Pharisees cleanse outside of cup; woe for
tithing inconsequentials, seeking first
place

23:4,29-31

11:46-48

woe to lawyers for binding heavy burdens, building
tombs of the prophets

23:34-36,13

11:49-52

I speak/God’s wisdom speaks: Will send prophets
who will be persecuted; woe to lawyers

Matthew

Luke

Contents

10:26-33; 12:32

12:2-10

all covered to be revealed; fear not killers of
body; acknowledging me before God

10:19-20

12:11-12

before synagogues, Holy Spirit will help

6:25-33

12:22-31

don’t be anxious about the body; consider lilies
of field; Father knows what you need

6:19-21

12:33-34

no treasures on earth but in heaven

24:43-44,45-51

12:39-40,42-46

householder and thief;
faithful servant preparing for master’s coming

10:34-36

12:51-53

not come to bring peace but sword; divisions of
family

16:2-3

12:54-56

ability to interpret weather
signs should enable to interpret present times

5:25-26

12:58-59

settling before going before the magistrate

13:31-33

13:18-21

kingdom of heaven/God: like growth of mustard seed;
like leaven woman puts in meal

7:13-14,22-23;
8:11-12

13:23-29

narrow gate through which few will enter; householder
refusing those who
knock; people coming from all directions to enter kingdom of heaven/God

23:37-39

13:34-35

Jerusalem, killing the prophets, must
bless him who comes in the Lord’s name

22:2-10

14:16-24

kingdom
of heaven/God: a great banquet, invitees make excuses, others invited

10:37-38

14:26-27

anyone coming must prefer me
over family and must bear a cross

5:13

14:34-35

uselessness of salt that has lost its savor

18:12-14

15:4-7

man who leaves 99 sheep to go after lost one

6:24

16:13

cannot serve two masters

11:12-13; 5:18,32

16:16-18

law and prophets till John the Baptist; not a
dot of Law will pass; divorcing wife and marrying
another is adultery

18:7,15,21-22

17:l,3b-4

woe to tempters; forgive brother after rebuking;
Peter: how often to forgive

17:20

17:6

if you had faith like grain of
mustard seed, could move mountains

24:26-28

17:23-24,37

signs of the coming of the Son of Man

24:37-39

17:26-27,30

as in the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the
Son of Man

10:39

17:33

whoever finds one’s life will
lose it; whoever loses will find it

24:40-41

17:34-35

on
that night, of two, one taken and the other left

25:14-30

19:12-27

parable
of the pounds/talents

19:28

22:38,30

followers will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes
of Israel