Followers

FOREWORD

Passages in the Harmony are color coded in this manner:

OLD TESTAMENT, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE and JOHN

The words of Christ are in Red.

Text in BLACK is non-scriptural interjections or alternate translation.

The Scriptural texts used come from the King James Version unless otherwise noted.

Some redundancy has been edited out of the narrative. Thou, thee and other peculiarities of Old English have also been changed to the modern equivalent for easier reading.

About the color-coding: there has been a traditional assignment of colors to represent key aspects of Scripture. Blue represents prophecy, brown represents temporal blessings, red represents salvation and green represents the Holy Spirit.

The four Gospels also address four aspects of Jesus Christ in their thematic approach to His life. Matthew is His Kingship, Mark is He as Servant, Luke is He as Savior and John addresses His Deity.

I have tried to match the colors to the Gospel and attribute. However, I choose to use orange for Luke (Savior and salvation) in order to reserve red for the Words of Christ.

I use Blue for the Old Testament quotes because, in most cases where they apply to the Gospels, they are prophetic.

Dedication

For we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak. 2 Corinthians 2:17 (Young’s Literal Translation)
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:17 (King James Version)
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God. 2 Corinthians 2:17 (New International Version)
No— but at least we don't take God's Word, water it down, and then take it to the streets to sell it cheap. We stand in Christ's presence when we speak; God looks us in the face. We get what we say straight from God and say it as honestly as we can. 2 Corinthians 2:17 (The Message)
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? Psalm 18:30-31 (KJV)
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