Irenaeus John the Apostle, and that the Gospel of Luke was written by Luke, the companion of Paul. Scholars contend that Irenaeus quotes from 21 of the 27 New Testament Texts: Matthew ("Book 3, Chapter 16") Mark ("Book 3, Chapter 10") Luke ("Book 3, Chapter 14") John ("Book 3, Chapter 11") Acts of the Apostles ("Book 3, Chapter 14") Romans ("Book 3, Chapter 16") 1 Corinthians ("Book 1, Chapter 3") 2 Corinthians ("Book 3, Chapter 7") Galatians ("Book 3, Chapter 22") Ephesians ("Book 5, Chapter 2") Philippians ("Book 4, Chapter 18") Colossians ("Book 1, Chapter 3") 1 Thessalonians ("Book 5, Chapter
Matthew 3:7 This lecture is also found in Luke, with this verse being very similar to . This section is not found in Mark and most scholars believe that Matthew and Luke are both copying from the hypothetical Q. The most important difference between the versions of Matthew and Luke is that in Luke's Gospel, John the Baptist speaks to the multitude that have come to see him, while Matthew has John addressing the Pharisees and Sadducees in particular. The Pharisees and Sadducees were two powerful and competing factions within Judaism at the time. Throughout the New Testament, and especially in Matthew,