Parallel Passage

As you may have known I have been doing a study in the gospels comparing the different versions presented by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In doing this I have discovered that they kinda jump around a bit and aren't always chronologically identical.

This has added to the time it takes me to study, and to be honest without the help of the Gospelcom bible and it's search tool I wouldn't have been able to stick with it as easily.

So just in case you are interested I decided to put together some of the passages as I go along to make it easier for you to try it for yourself.

One thing you will notice is that due to John's Gospel focusing more on statements and relationships between Jesus and His disciples, events that occur are often only mentioned in the first three Gospels and are not included in John.

Finally if you don't like the translation that I used (the New Living Translation) then after you have gone to the page you can use "see this passage in" pull down box at the top of the page, change it to the translation of your choice, and click go. NIV - New International Version, or KJV - King James Version, are probably two that are the most popular or well known. Do bear in mind that as this is an American website though it will have spelling mistakes (honour, and colour for example).

A Lamp on a Stand


In this story Jesus points out to us that there is no point in putting a lit lamp under a bowl, (never mind that that would snuff it out - think about that for a sec) but that we should put it on a stand if we want it to be of any use. This passage is often used to talk about us letting our light shine visibly to others. However Jesus focuses more on how the light reveals the truth to us, and that you can still choose to close your eyes and not be able to use the light to see.

posted by Tim @ 3/15/2004 08:29:00 AM

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