SYNOPTIC EXERCISE

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.