Name: Adele Vieillard

Theology 10 Sacred Scripture (Mr. Phillips)

Synoptic Parallels Assignment

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Cure of Simon’s Mother-in-Law

Matthew 8:14-16
Jesus entered the house of Peter,
and saw his mother-in-law lying
in bed with a fever. He touched
her hand, the fever left her, and
she rose and waited on him.
Mark 1:29-31
On leaving the synagogue Jesus
entered the house of Simon and
Andrew with James and John.
Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick
with a fever. They immediately
told him about her. He
approached, grasped her hand,
and helped her up. Then the
fever left her and she waited on
them.
Luke 4:38-39
After Jesus left the synagogue, he
entered the house of Simon.
Simon’s mother-in-law was
afflicted with a severe fever, and
they interceded with him about
her. He stood over her, rebuked
the fever, and it left her. She got
up immediately and waited on
them.

1. How does the Two-Source Theory explain the similarity between the three versions of
this story? (In other words, who wrote it first? Who copied from whom?)
The Two-Source Theory explain the similarity between the three versions of this story by
showing the details that are similar. In Mark and Luke both say Jesus entered the house of
Simon. Also, all three talk about how Jesus was good and healed a women with a fever.

Mark wrote the story. Matthew and Luke copied it from Mark.

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Matthew 18:12-14
What is your opinion? If a man
has a hundred sheep and one of
them goes astray, will he not
leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to
you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that
did not stray. In just the same
way, it is not the will of your
heavenly Father that one of
these little ones be lost.
Parable of the Lost Sheep
Mark
There is no version of this story in
Mark’s Gospel.
Luke 15:4-7
What man among you having a
hundred sheep and losing one of
them would not leave the ninety-
nine in the desert and go after
the lost one until he finds it? And
when he does find it, he sets it on
his shoulders with great joy and,
upon his arrival home, he calls
together his friends and
neighbors and says to them,
“Rejoice with me because I have
found my lost sheep.” I tell you,
in just the same way there will be
more joy in heaven over one
sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of
repentance.

2. How does the Two-Source Theory explain the similarity between the two versions of this
story?
The Two-Source theory explains the similarity between the two versions of this story by both
Matthew and Luke talk about hundreds of sheep. Both explain how he found his lost sheep.

Q wrote the story. Matthew and Luke copied Q.

3. What does Lk have in his version of the story that is typical of his entire Gospel?
Because Luke talks about rejoicing and has a theme of forgiving sins and rejoicing that.

Good!

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 Jesus is Tempted in the Desert
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the
desert to be tempted by the devil.  He
fasted for forty days and forty nights,
and afterwards he was hungry.
The tempter approached and said to
him, “If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become
loaves of bread.”  He said in reply, “It is
written: ‘One does not live by bread
alone, but by every word that comes
forth from the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him to the holy city,
and made him stand on the parapet of
the temple, and said to him, “If you are
the Son of God, throw yourself down.
For it is written: ‘He will command his
angels concerning you’ and ‘with their
hands they will support you, lest you
dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus
answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You
shall not put the Lord, your God, to the
test.’”
Then the devil took him up to a very
high mountain, and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in their
magnificence, and he said to him, “All
these I shall give to you, if you will
prostrate yourself and worship me.” At
this, Jesus said to him, “Get away,
Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God,
shall you worship and him alone shall
you serve.’”
Then the devil left him and, behold,
angels came and ministered to him.
Mark 1:12-13 Luke 4:1-13
At once the Spirit Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus
drove Jesus out into returned from the Jordan and was
the desert, and he led by the Spirit into the desert for
remained in the forty days, to be tempted by the
desert for forty days, devil. He ate nothing during those
tempted by Satan. He days, and when they were over he
was among wild was hungry.
beasts, and the
angels ministered to
him.
The devil said to him, “If you are the
Son of God, command this stone to
become bread.” Jesus answered him,
“It is written, ‘One does not live by
bread alone.’”
Then he took him up and showed
him all the kingdoms of the world in
a single instant. The devil said to him,
“I shall give to you all this power and
their glory; for it has been handed
over to me, and I may give it to
whomever I wish. All this will be
yours, if you worship me.” Jesus said
to him in reply, “It is written: ‘You
shall worship the Lord, your God, and
him alone shall you serve.’”
Then he led him to Jerusalem, made
him stand on the parapet of the
temple, and said to him, “If you are
the Son of God, throw yourself down
from here,10for it is written: ‘He will
command his angels concerning you,
to guard you,’ and: ‘With their hands
they will support you, lest you dash
your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said
to him in reply, “It also says, ‘You
shall not put the Lord, your God, to
the test.’”
When the devil had finished every
temptation, he departed from him
for a time.
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 4. Mk is missing the actual temptations found in Mt and Lk. According to the Two-Source
Theory, from where did Mt and Lk get this part of the story?

According to the Two-Source theory, they got it from the Christian oral tradition. No, the
Two-Source theory says they got it from a written source we call Q.

5. What is the biggest difference between the three temptations in Mt and Lk?

In Matthew, the second temptation to stand on the parapet and put god to the test but in
Luke this is the third temptation. Good.

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Matthew 16:13-23
13 When Jesus went into the
region of Caesarea Philippi he
asked his disciples, “Who do
people say that the Son of Man is?”
14 They replied, “Some say John
the Baptist, others Elijah, still
others Jeremiah or one of the
prophets.”
15 He said to them, “But who do
you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter
said in reply, “You are the Messiah,
the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus said to him in reply,
“Blessed are you, Simon son of
Jonah. For flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but my
heavenly Father. 18 And so I say to
you, you are Peter, and upon this
rock I will build my church, and the
gates of the netherworld shall not
prevail against it. 19 I will give you
the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven; and whatever
you loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven.”
20 Then he strictly ordered his
disciples to tell no one that he was
the Messiah.
21 From that time on, Jesus began
to show his disciples that he must
go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests,
and the scribes, and be killed and
on the third day be raised.
22 Then Peter took him aside and
began to rebuke him, “God forbid,
Lord! No such thing shall ever
happen to you.” 23 He turned and
said to Peter, “Get behind me,
Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does,
but as human beings do.”
Peter’s Profession of Faith
Mark 8:27-33 Luke 9:18-22
Now Jesus and his disciples set Once when Jesus was praying in
out for the villages of Caesarea solitude, and the disciples were
Philippi. Along the way he asked with him, he asked them, “Who
his disciples, “Who do people say do the crowds say that I am?”
that I am?” They said in reply, They said in reply, “John the
“John the Baptist, others Elijah, Baptist; others, Elijah; still others,
still others one of the prophets.” ‘One of the ancient prophets has
arisen.’”
And he asked them, “But who do
you say that I am?” Peter said to Then he said to them, “But who
him in reply, “You are the do you say that I am?” Peter said
Messiah.” in reply, “The Messiah of God.”
Then he warned them not to tell
anyone about him. He rebuked them and directed
them not to tell this to anyone.
He began to teach them that the
Son of Man must suffer greatly He said, “The Son of Man must
suffer greatly and be rejected by
and be rejected by the elders,
the chief priests, and the scribes, the elders, the chief priests, and
the scribes, and be killed and on
and be killed, and rise after three
days. He spoke this openly. the third day be raised.”
Then Peter took him aside and
began to rebuke him. At this he
turned around and, looking at
his disciples, rebuked Peter and
said, “Get behind me, Satan. You
are thinking not as God does, but
as human beings do.”
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 6. Write down Peter’s response to Jesus’ question (“Who do you say that I am?”) in all
three versions. What word is common to all of them?
Matthew Peter is saying that you are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. In Mrk, Peter is
saying that “You are the Messiah” and in Luke, he is saying “the Messiah of God’. They all
have in common that he is the Messiah. Good.

7. Mt 16:17-19 has no parallel in Mk or Lk. What does Jesus say about Peter in these
verses?
Jesus says that “upon this rock you shall build my church.” He is telling Peter to build him a
church Good

8. What does Lk leave out that Mk and Mt include? Why might he have left this out?

He leaves out “get behind me Satan”. Meaning that Jesus wants Peter to think like God and
not Satan. In general, Luke takes out things that are negative about the disciples of Jesus.

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 The Ambition of James and John
Matthew 20:20-28
Then the mother of the sons of
Zebedee approached Jesus with
her sons and did him homage,
wishing to ask him for
something. He said to her, “What
do you wish?” She answered
him, “Command that these two
sons of mine sit, one at your right
and the other at your left, in your
kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply, “You do not
know what you are asking. Can
you drink the cup that I am going
to drink?” They said to him, “We
can.” He replied, “My cup you
will indeed drink, but to sit at my
right and at my left, this is not
mine to give but is for those for
whom it has been prepared by
my Father.”
When the ten heard this, they
became indignant at the two
brothers. But Jesus summoned
them and said, “You know that
the rulers of the Gentiles lord it
over them, and the great ones
make their authority over them
felt. But it shall not be so among
you. Rather, whoever wishes to
be great among you shall be your
servant; whoever wishes to be
first among you shall be your
slave. Just so, the Son of Man did
not come to be served but to
serve and to give his life as a
ransom for many.”
Mark 10:35-45 Luke
Then James and John, the sons of There is no version of this story in
Zebedee, came to Jesus and said Luke’s Gospel.
to him, “Teacher, we want you to
do for us whatever we ask of
you.” He replied, “What do you
wish me to do for you?” They
answered him, “Grant that in
your glory we may sit one at your
right and the other at your left.”
Jesus said to them, “You do not
know what you are asking. Can
you drink the cup that I drink or
be baptized with the baptism
with which I am baptized?” They
said to him, “We can.” Jesus said
to them, “The cup that I drink,
you will drink, and with the
baptism with which I am
baptized, you will be baptized;
but to sit at my right or at my left
is not mine to give but is for
those for whom it has been
prepared.”
When the ten heard this, they
became indignant at James and
John. Jesus summoned them and
said to them, “You know that
those who are recognized as
rulers over the Gentiles lord it
over them, and their great ones
make their authority over them
felt. But it shall not be so among
you. Rather, whoever wishes to
be great among you will be your
servant; whoever wishes to be
first among you will be the slave
of all. For the Son of Man did not
come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom
for many.”
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 9. What is the big difference in Mt’s version? (Hint: It’s in the first paragraph.) Why might
Mt have made this change?
The big difference is that Matthew says command while Mark says grant. He might have left
this change to make it seem harsher. In Matthew’s version, the MOTHER of James and John
make the ambitious request. This makes the disciples themselves seem less ambitious.

10. Why would Lk leave this story out of his Gospel? (Speculate)

He might of left this out because he did not find it as important and showing the good in God
and his story Again, Luke often leaves out negative things about the disciples.