Table of Material Usually Allotted To Q

The table that follows is copied from Raymond E. Brown's book, An Introduction to the New Testament, p. 118.
For a presentation of the Q Document, see John P. Meier and Raymond E. Brown


Table of material usually attributed to the Q Document

* The order is that of Luke

MatthewLukeContents
3:7b-123:7-9, 16-17JBap, warnings, promise of one to come
4:2b-11a4:2-13three temptations (testings) of Jesus by the devil (different order)
5:3,6,4:11-126:20b-23beatitudes (different order, wording)
5:44,39b-40, 426:27-30love of enemies; turn other cheek; give coat; give to beggars
7:126:31what you wish others to do to you, do to them
5:46-47, 45, 486:32-33, 35b-36love more than those who love you; be merciful as the Father is
7:1-26:37a, 38cjudge not and be nor judged; measure given is measure received
15: 14, 10, 24-25a6:39-40can blind lead the blind; disciple not above teacher
7:3-56:41-42speck in brother's eye, log in one's own
7:16-20 (12:33-35)6:43-45no good tree bears bad fruit; no figs from thorns
7:21, 24-276:46-49calling me Lord and not doing; hearing my words and doing them
8:5a-10, 137:1-2, 6b-10centurion at Capernaum begs help for sick servant, marvelous faith
11:2-117:18-28disciples of JBap; message to him; praise of JBap as more than a prophet
11:16-197:31-35this generation pleased by neither JBap nor Son of Man
8:19-229:57-60Son of Man has nowhere to lay head; to follow him let dead bury dead
9:37-38; 10:7-1610:2-12harvest plentiful, laborers few; mission instructions
11:21-23; 10:4010:13-16woe to Chorazin, Bethsaida; whoever hears you, hears me
11:25-27; 13:16-1710:21-24thanking the Father for revealing to infants; all things given to the Son who alone knows the Father; blessed eyes that see what you see
6:9-1311:2-4the Lord's prayer (variant forms - Matt's longer)
7:7-1111:9-13ask and it will be given; if you give good gifts, how much more the Father
12:22-3011:14-15, 17-23demons cast out by Beelzebul, strong man guards his palace; not with me, against me
12:43-4511:24-26unclean spirit gone out of someone returns and brings seven others, making worse
12:38-4211:29-32generation seeks sign; sign of Jonah; judgment by people of Nineveh, queen of south
5:15; 6:22-2311:33-35not putting lamp under bushel; eye lamp of body, if unsound, darkness
23:25-26,23, 6-7a, 2711:39-44Pharisees cleanse outside of cup; woe for tithing inconsequentials, seeking first place
23:4,29-3111:46-48woe to lawyers for binding heavy burdens, building tombs of the prophets
23:34-36, 1311:49-52I speak/God's wisdom speaks; Will send prophets who will be persecuted; woe to lawyers
10:26-33; 12:3212:2-10all covered to be revealed; fear not killers of body; acknowledging me before God
10:19-2012:11-12before synagogues, Holy Spirit will help
6:25-3312:22-31don't be anxious about the body; consider lilies of field; Father knows what you need
6:19-2112:33-34no treasures on earth but in heaven
24:43-44,45-5112:39-40, 42-46householder and thief; faithful servant preparing for master's coming
10:34-3612:51-53not come to bring peace but sword; divisions of family
16:2-312:54-56ability to interpret weather signs should enable to interpret present times
5:25-2612:58-59settling before going before the magistrate
13:31-3313:18-21kingdom of heaven/God, like growth of mustard seed; like leaven woman puts in meal
7:13-14, 22-23; 8:11-1213:23-29narrow gate through which few will enter; householder refusing those who knock; people coming from all directions to enter kingdom of heaven/God
23:37-3913:34-35Jerusalem, killing the prophets, must bless him who comes in the Lord's name
22:2-1014:16-24kingdom of heaven/God, a great banquet, invitees make excuses, others invited
10:37-3814:26-27anyone coming must prefer me over family and must bear a cross
5:1314:34-35uselessness of salt that has lost its savor
18:12-1415:4-7man who leaves 99 sheep to go after lost one
6:2416:13cannot serve two masters
11:12-13; 5:18, 3216:16-18law and prophets till JBap; not a dot of Law will pass; divorcing wife and marrying another is adultery
18:7, 15, 21-2217:1, 3b-4woe to tempters; forgive brother after rebuking; Peter, how often to forgive
17:2017:6if you had faith like grain of mustard seed, could move mountains
24:26-2817:23-24, 37signs of the coming of the Son of Man
24:37-3917:26-27, 30as in the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man
10:3917:39whoever finds one's life will lose it; whoever loses will find it
24:40-4117:34-35on that night, of two, one taken and the other left
25:14-3019:12-27parable of the pounds /talents
19:2822:38, 30followers will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel