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13 Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what I am like." 2Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a just angel."3 Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise philosopher." 4Thomas said to him, "Teacher, my mouth is utterly unable to say what you are like." 5 Jesus said, "I am not your teacher. Because you have drunk, you have become intoxicated from the bubbling spring that I have tended." 6 And he took him, and withdrew, and spoke three sayings to him. 7When Thomas came back to his friends, they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?" 8 Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the sayings he spoke to me, you will pick up rocks and stone me, and fire will come from the rocks and devour you." [Complete Gospels]

(2a) Mark 8:27-30 = Matt 16:13-20 = Luke 9:18-21

8:27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" 8:28 And they answered him, "John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets." 8:29 He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah." 8:30 And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

= Matt 16:13-20
16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" 16:14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 16:15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." 16:17 And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." 16:20 Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

= Luke 9:18-21
9:18 Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" 9:19 They answered, "John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen." 9:20 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Messiah of God." 9:21 He sternly ordered and commanded them not to tell anyone,

(2b) GNaz 14

The Jewish Gospel: son of John. (Variant to Matthew 16:17 in the "Zion Gospel" edition.) [Sayings Parallels]

(2c) John 6:67-69

6:67 So Jesus asked the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?" 6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. 6:69 We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."

John Dominic Crossan