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The Gospel of Q by Mark M. Mattison The following translation has been committed to the public domain and may be freely copied and used, changed or unchanged, for any purpose.

Q is the designation given to a hypothetical sayings source that many scholars believe was incorporated into the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Though some notable scholars have questioned the theory, others have proposed reconstructions of Q based on a careful comparison of New Testament Gospels.

Since no manuscripts of Q have survived from antiquity, the translation is based on the Greek text printed in The Critical Edition of Q. The versification follows that of Luke and Matthew. For additional information, see the introduction to the PDF version.

For some reflections on the meaning and significance of Q for us today, see my book, The Gospel of Q: Jesus' Prophetic Wisdom. Note that Luminescence, L.L.C. earns commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

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(QLk 3:2) John [ . . . ] (3) [ . . . ] the entire region around the Jordan [ . . . ]

(7) He told the crowds who went out to be baptized, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the fury to come? (8) So bear fruit worthy of change! Don't start to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our ancestor,' because I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

(9) "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees! So every tree that doesn't bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

(16) "I baptize you in water, but one who's greater than I will come, the thong of whose sandals I'm not worthy to loosen. He'll baptize you in holy Spirit and fire. (17) His pitchfork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his barn; but he'll burn up the chaff with a fire that can't be put out."

(21) […] Jesus […] baptized […] heaven opened (22) and […] the Spirit […] on him […] Son […]

(4:1) Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert (2) to be tested by the devil. He didn't eat anything for forty days […] he was hungry.

(3) And the devil told him, "If you're God's Son, tell these stones to turn into bread."

(4) And Jesus replied, "It's written, 'A person shouldn't live on bread alone.'"

(9) The devil led him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said, "If you're God's Son, throw yourself down, (10) because it's written, 'God will put God's angels in charge of you,' (11) and 'On their hands they'll bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

(12) And in reply Jesus told him, "It's been said, 'Don't test the Lord, your God.'"

(5) Then the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the empires of the world and their glory and told him, (6) "I'll give you all these, (7) if you'll bow to me."

(8) And in reply Jesus told him, "It's written: 'Bow to the Lord your God, and serve God only.'"

(13) And the devil left him.

(16) […] Nazareth […]

(6:20) He looked up at his disciples and said:

Blessed are you who are poor, because yours is God's reign.

(21) Blessed are you who are hungry, because you'll be full.

Blessed are you who mourn, because you'll be comforted.

(22) "Blessed are you when they criticize you, persecute you, and spread lies about you because of the Son of Humanity. (23) Rejoice and be glad, because your heavenly reward is great; for that's how they persecuted the prophets before you.

(27) "Love your enemies, (28) and pray for those who persecute you. (35) You'll become children of your Father, who makes the sun rise on those who are evil and those who are good, and sends rain on those who are just and those who are unjust.

(29) "When someone slaps you on the cheek, offer the other one too. When someone sues you for your shirt, give them your coat too. (QMt 5:41) When someone makes you go one mile, go an extra mile. (QLk 6:30) Give to everyone who asks you, and when someone borrows your things, don't ask for them back.

(31) "Treat people how you want them to treat you. (32) If you love those who love you, why should you be rewarded? Don't even toll collectors do that? (34) And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, why should you be rewarded? Don't even gentiles do that? (36) Be merciful, just like your Father.

(37) "Don't judge, and you won't be judged; (QMt 7:2) because you'll be judged the way that you judge. (QLk 6:38) And you'll be measured the way that you measure.

(39) "Can someone who can't see guide another person who can't see? Won't they both fall into a pit? (40) A disciple isn't greater than their teacher. It's enough for the disciple to become like their teacher.

(41) "Why do you see the speck that's in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that's in your own eye? (42) How can you tell your brother, 'Let me get that speck out of your eye,' when you don't see the beam that's in your own eye? You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you'll see clearly to get the speck out of your brother's eye.

(43) "No good tree bears rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. (44) Every tree is known by its own fruit. Are figs gathered from thorns, or grapes from thistles? (45) The person who's good brings good things out of their good treasure, and the person who's evil brings evil things out of evil treasure, because one's mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

(46) "Why do you call me, 'Master, Master,' and don't do what I say? (47) Everyone who hears my words and acts on them (48) can be compared to someone building a house on bedrock. When the rain poured, and the floods came, and the winds blew and pounded that house, it didn't collapse, because it was founded on bedrock. (49) But everyone who hears my words and doesn't act on them is like someone who built a house on the sand. When the rain poured, and the floods came, and the winds blew and pounded that house, it collapsed immediately. How great was its fall!"

(7:1) And so when it happened that he had finished saying these things, he went to Capernaum. (3) A centurion approached and begged him and said, "My boy is sick."

And Jesus told him, "I'll go heal him."

(6) And the centurion replied, "Master, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. (7) Just say the word, and my boy will be healed. (8) I'm also in a chain of command, with soldiers under me. I tell one, 'Go,' and they go; I tell another, 'Come,' and they come; I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and they do it."

(9) Jesus was amazed when he heard this. He told his followers, "I'm telling you the truth: I haven't found such trust even in Israel."

(18) When John heard all these things, he sent his disciples (19) to ask him, "Are you the coming one, or should we look for someone else?"

(22) And he replied to them, "Go and tell John what you've heard and seen. Those who:

are blind, regain their sight; have challenges of mobility, walk; have leprosy, are cured; are deaf, hear; are dead, are raised up; are poor, have good news announced to them.

(23) "Blessed is the one who isn't scandalized by me."

(24) And when they had left, he started to talk to the crowds about John. "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind? (25) Then what did you go out to see? A man wearing fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes live in palaces. (26) Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I'm telling you, and much more than a prophet, (27) because it's written about him:

Look, I'm sending my messenger ahead of you, who'll prepare your path for you.

(28) "I'm telling you that John is greater than anyone who's been born, but whoever is least in God's reign is still greater than he, (29) because John came to you […] the toll collectors and […] (30) but […] him.

(31) "To what, then, can I compare this generation? What's it like? (32) It's like children sitting in the marketplaces calling to each other:

We played the flute for you, but you didn't dance. We mourned, But you didn't weep.

(33) "John didn't come eating or drinking, and you say, 'He's demonized!' (34) The Son of Humanity has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of toll collectors and outsiders!' (35) But Wisdom is vindicated by her children."

(9:57) And someone told him, "I'll follow you wherever you go."

(58) And Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Humanity has nowhere to rest his head."

(59) But someone else told him, "Master, let me go and bury my father first."

(60) But he told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

(10:2) He told his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the fields. (3) Go! Look, I send you out like lambs among wolves. (4) Don't carry a purse, bag, sandals, or staff. Don't greet anyone on the road. (5) Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' (6) If a peaceful person is there, let your blessing rest on them; but if not, take back your blessing. (7) Stay in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, because the worker is worthy of their wages. Don't move around from house to house. (8) If they welcome you in whatever town you enter, eat whatever is set before you. (9) Heal those who are sick there and tell them, 'God's reign is at hand!' (10) But if they don't welcome you in whatever town you enter, when you're leaving that town, (11) shake the dust from your feet. (12) I'm telling you that on that day, it'll be better for Sodom than for that town!

(13) "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the great deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed a long time ago in sackcloth and ashes. (14) But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you in the judgment! (15) And you, Capernaum, you don't think you'll be exalted to heaven, do you? You'll fall down to Hades!

(16) "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me."

(21) Then he said, "Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the wise and learned and revealing them to children. Yes, Father, this was what you wanted. (22) My Father has given me everything. No one knows who the son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the son, and the one to whom the son wants to reveal him.

(23) "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. (24) I'm telling you that many prophets and rulers wanted to see what you see, but didn't see it; and to hear what you hear, but didn't hear it.

(11:2) "When you pray, say:

Father, We honor your holy name. Let your reign come. (3) Give us our daily bread today. (4) Forgive us our debts, because we too forgive everyone who's indebted to us. Don't put us in harm's way.

(9) "I'm telling you, ask and you'll receive. Look and you'll find. Knock and it'll be opened for you, (10) because everyone who asks receives. The one who looks finds. To one who knocks it'll be opened. (11) Which of you would give your child a stone if they ask for bread? (12) Or who would give them a snake if they ask for fish? (13) So if you, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give good things to those who ask!"

(14) He was casting out a demon that couldn't speak. And when the demon came out, the person who couldn't speak started talking. And the crowds were amazed. (15) But some said, "He casts out demons with the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!"

(17) Knowing what they were thinking, he told them, "Every divided empire is devastated, and a divided house will fall. (18) If the Enemy is divided, how will its empire endure? (19) But if Beelzebul gives me power to cast out demons, who gives your people power to cast them out? So they prove you