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 3:2 Matthew 3:2 Matthew 3:2 is the second verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. John the Baptist has just been introduced and this verse describes the message that he is preaching. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The New International Version translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibRef Matthew 3:2 Clarke notes that this is the first of twenty-nine references to the Kingdom of Heaven in the Gospel of Matthew. Luke and Mark tend to prefer the term "kingdom of God." That Matthew