The text of Q, ordered according to agreement between Matthew and Luke

Disagreements shown in italics

Jesus Mourns Over Jerusalem
23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39 For
I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
13:34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
35 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

Money
6:24 "No one can serve two masters.
Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
16:13 "No servant can serve two masters.
Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Instructions to the Disciples
9:37 Then he said to his disciples,
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
10:2 He told them,
"The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

Thanks to God
11:25 At that time Jesus
said,
"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
26 Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows . . . the Son . . . except the Father, and no one knows . . . the Father . . . except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
10:21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said,
"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for this was your good
pleasure.
22 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Spirits and Houses
12:43 "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
44 Then it says, `I will return to the house I left.'
When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.
45 Then it goes and takes with it
seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first.
That is how it will be with this wicked generation."
11:24 "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Then it says, `I will return to the house I
left.'
25 When it arrives, it finds the house
swept clean and put in order.
26 Then it goes and takes
seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first."

Woe to Israelite Towns
8:15 I tell you the truth,
it will be more bearable
for Sodom
and Gomorrah on the day of judgment

than for that town.
10:12 I tell you,
it will be more bearable on that day
for Sodom

than for that town.
11:21 "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago
in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I tell you,
it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of
judgment than for you.
13 "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For
if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting
in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But
it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the
judgment than for you.
23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths.

If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths.

The Sign of Jonah
12:39 He answered,

"A wicked and adulterous generation
asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For as Jonah was
three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so
the Son of Man will be
three days and three nights in the heart of the earth
.
11:29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said,
"This is

a wicked generation. It
asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
30 For as Jonah was
a sign to the Ninevites, so also

will the Son of Man be
to this generation.
42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with
this generation and condemn it;
for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.
31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of
this generation and condemn them;
for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.
41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.

Be Alert!
24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night
the thief was coming, he
would have kept watch and
would not have let his house be broken into.
12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour
the thief was coming, he

would not have let his house be broken into.
44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. 40 . . . You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"
45
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household
to give them their food
at the proper time?
46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, `My master is staying away
a long time,'
49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants
and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
42 The Lord answered,
"Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants
to give them their food allowance
at the proper time?
43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.
44 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45 But suppose the servant
says to himself, `My master is taking
a long time in coming,'
and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants
and to eat and drink and get drunk.
46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

The Generosity of God
7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 "Which of you, if his son
asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he
asks for a fish, will give him a snake?


11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give
good gifts
to those who ask him!
11:9 "So I say to you:
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 "Which of you fathers, if your son


asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
12 Or if he
asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give
the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him!"

Treasure in Heaven
6:25
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink;
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more important than food,
and the body more important than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air;
they do not sow or reap
or store away in barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
12:22 Then Jesus said to his disciples:
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat;
or about your body, what you will wear.
23 Life is more than food,
and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens:
They do not sow or reap,
they have no storeroom or barn;
yet God feeds them.
And how much more valuable you are than birds
27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28 "And
why do you worry about clothes?
See how the lilies of the field grow.
They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon
in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?'
32 For the pagans run after all
these things, and your heavenly Father
knows that you need them.
33 But seek first his kingdom
and his righteousness, and all
these things will be given to you as well.
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
26 Since you cannot do this very little thing,
why do you worry about the rest?
27 "Consider how the lilies grow.
They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you, not even Solomon
in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.

30 For the pagan world runs after all
such things, and your Father
knows that you need them.
31 But seek his kingdom, and

these things will be given to you as well.

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