I know, Caiside, that it's not like playing telephone.  But people who wrote in the early centuries did not hesitate to put words into the mouths of noteworthy persons to make a point or to pass on a message.  The focus on exact quotes did not exist like it does today.  It seems to me that it's much more important to pay attention to the general message than to focus on supposed quotes.   Scholars like Ehrman question the idea that the sayings of Jesus were passed on with any special accuracy.  The earliest writings that we have are translations of writings that that are lost.  There is just no way to know what specific things Jesus may have said.  We know in general and surmise.