The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze, by Mark Goodacre: Synopses

Matt. 3.13-17	Mark 1.9-11	Luke 3.21-22
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptised by him. But John prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptised by you, and yet you come to me?’ And Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness’. Then he allowed him. And when Jesus had been baptised, he arose immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to him and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon him; and behold a voice from the heavens saying, ‘This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.’	And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John . And immediately, having arisen from the water, he saw the heaven s torn apart and the spirit as a dove descending into him. And a voice came from the heavens , ‘ You are my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.’	And it came to pass that while all the people were being baptised, Jesus also having been baptised was praying, and the heaven was opened and the holy spirit descended in bodily form as a dove upon him, and there came a voice from heaven , ‘ You are my beloved s on, in whom I am well pleased.’