Thus in the account of the rich young man, the three synoptical versions of the saying that impossibilities with men are possible with God, run thus:-- _Luke_ xviii.

27.
[Greek: Ta adunata para anthropois dunata para to Theo estin.] _Mark_ x.

27.
[Greek: Para anthropois adunaton, all' ou para Theo; punta gar dunata para to Theo].
_Matt_.xix.

26.
[Greek: Para anthropois touto adunaton estin, para de Theo dunata panta].
Here it will be observed that Matthew and Mark (as frequently happens) are nearer to each other than either of them is to Luke.
This would lead us to infer that, as they are two to one, they more nearly represent the common original, which has been somewhat modified in the hands of St.Luke.But now Justin has the words precisely as they stand in St.Luke, with the omission of [Greek: estin], the order of which varies in the MSS.

of the Gospel.