kung fu grippe

a personal weblog,
or “blog,”
by Merlin Mann

Jesus Seminar (Authentic sayings, as determined by the seminar)

  1. Turn the other cheek (92%): Mt 5:39, Lk6:29a
  2. Coat & shirt: Mt5:40 (92%), Lk6:29b (90%)
  3. Congratulations, poor!: Lk6:20b (91%), Th54 (90%), Mt5:3 (63%)
  4. Second mile (90%): Mt5:41
  5. Love your enemies: Lk6:27b (84%), Mt5:44b (77%), Lk6:32,35a (56%) (compare to black rated “Pray for your enemies”: POxy1224 6:1a; Didache 1:3; Poly-Phil 12:3; and “Love one another”: John 13:34-35, Romans 13:8, 1 Peter 1:22)
  6. Leaven: Lk13:20–21 (83%), Mt13:33 (83%), Th96:1–2 (65%)
  7. Emperor & God (82%): Th100:2b–3, Mk12:17b, Lk20:25b, Mt22:21c (also Egerton Gospel 3:1-6)
  8. Give to beggars (81%): Lk6:30a, Mt5:42a, Didache1:5a
  9. Good Samaritan (81%): Lk10:30–35
  10. Congrats, hungry!: Lk6:21a (79%), Mt5:6 (59%), Th69:2 (53%)
  11. Congrats, sad!: Lk6:21b (79%), Mt5:4 (73%)
  12. Shrewd manager (77%): Lk16:1–8a
  13. Vineyard laborers (77%): Mt20:1–15
  14. Abba, Father (77%): Mt6:9b, Lk11:2c
  15. The Mustard Seed : Th20:2–4 (76%), Mk4:30–32 (74%), Lk13:18–19 (69%), Mt13:31–32 (67%)