Color Scheme for Synoptic Analysis:
Words Unique to: Matthew = Red; Mark =Blue; and Luke = Pink.
Mark
Matthew 3:7–10
But having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his [John’s] baptism he said to them,
“You generation of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore, do work worthy of repentance, and do not seem to say to yourselves, ‘We have Father Abraham.’ For I say to you that God is able out of these
stones
to raise children to Abraham. Already now
the ax is
laid
to the root of the tree
;
therefore, every tree not
bearing
good fruit is being cut down and cast into the fire.”
Luke 3:3–9
Therefore, he was saying to those coming out of the crowd to be baptized by him [John],
“You generation of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore, do
works
worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves
, ‘We have Father Abraham.’ For I say to you that God is able out of these
stones
to raise children to Abraham. Already
, even now, the ax is
laid
to the root of the tree; therefore, every tree not bearing good fruit is being cut down and cast into the fire.”Words Common to: Matthew/Mark = Purple; Matthew/Luke = Orange; Mark/Luke = Green; Matthew/Mark/Luke = Black.