The Call of the First Disciples
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Matthew 4:18–22
4:18 Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 90%
4:19 He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.” 100%
4:20 They immediately left their nets and followed him. 100%
4:21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. 97%
4:22 They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. 100%
Mark 1:16–20
1:16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 92%
1:17 Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.” 100%
1:18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. 100%
1:19 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. 100%
1:20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. 89%
Luke 5:1–11
5:1 Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 64%
5:2 He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 71%
5:3 He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 58%
5:4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.” 58%
5:5 Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.” 50%
5:6 When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. 50%
5:7 They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. 57%
5:8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.” 50%
5:9 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught; 44%
5:10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.” 64%
5:11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him. 64%
Verbatim Agreement
Percentage of words that appear identically (same form and position) across gospel pairs.
Strong's Number Overlap
How much of each gospel's vocabulary (by Strong's number) is shared with another.
Mt
Mk
Lk
Mt
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71%
22%
Mk
71%
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21%
Lk
22%
21%
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Unique Vocabulary
Strong's numbers that appear only in one gospel for this pericope.
Luke (72)
G3793G1945G0191G3056G2316G2476G3041G1082G0575G0576G4150G1684G1520G3739G2065G1093HG1877G2523G1537G1321G5613G3973G2980G4314G0899G5465G0061G0611G1988G1223G3650G3571G2872G3762G2983G1909G4487G3778G4788G4128G2486G4183G1284G2656G3353G2087G2064G4815G4130G0297G5620G1036G4363G1119G1831G1473G3754HG0435GG0268G2962GG2285G4023G3956G4862G3668G5207G2844G3361G5399G3568G2221G2609
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