... the Gospel is believed to have been consummated orally. Some scholars, who give an early date to the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas, also believe that the rawest form of the 'Parable of the Sower' is found in the ninth chapter of Thomas. The sources that the author of the Gospel of Matthew used are not totally agreed upon by scholars, yet many hypotheses exist regarding the issue. One hypothesis believes that Matthew used both the Gospels of Mark and the 'Q Source' when formulating his own rendition. Other hypotheses believe that Matthew also 'borrowed' a few ideas from the author of the Gospel of Luke. When one compares the pericope of the 'Parable of the Sower' vertically, it becomes clear that Matthew builds upon the version that Mark has created. "...he has revised and intensified the Markan version, but has also had access to parallel traditions and complementary material."1 In the ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now