The following table shows which Markan pericopes Luke expands and which ones he condenses. Passages that contain double tradition material are marked with an asterisk. The last two columns shows how many words Luke took to write what Mark wrote and how many words Luke used to writing something Mark did not write. I have highlighted cells with at least 18 words not taken from Mark. All of the examples with less words than this coming from elsewhere do not give evidence of another source except possibly the pericope on fasting. This leaves 18 (or 19) passages in which Luke may be drawing on another source (not counting Jesus' baptism and the parable of the Mustard Seed, where Luke has agreements with Matthew against Mark, suggesting that Q is a source, even though it is not new information but different information from Mark.
| Pericope | References | Word Counts | Words based on: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | Luke | Difference | Mark | Other | |||
| 4 | Jesus Goes to Galilee | Matthew 4:12-17||Mark 1:14-15||Luke 4:14-31 | 35 | 309* | 783% | 31 | 278 |
| 3 | The Temptation of Jesus | Matthew 4:1-11||Mark 1:12-13||Luke 4:1-13 | 30 | 203* | 577% | 35 | 168 |
| 1 | John the Baptist Prepares the Way | Matthew 3:1-12||Mark 1:1-8||Luke 3:1-20 | 123 | 380* | 209% | 124 | 256 |
| 5 | Jesus Calls His First Disciples | Matthew 4:18-22||Mark 1:16-20||Luke 5:1-11 | 82 | 207 | 152% | 0 | 207 |
| 77 | Jesus Before Pilate | Matthew 27:1-26||Mark 15:1-15||Luke 23:1-25 | 196 | 373 | 90% | 109 | 264 |
| 68 | Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus | Matthew 26:14-16||Mark 14:10-11||Luke 22:3-6 | 30 | 44 | 47% | 44 | 0 |
| 55 | Entry into Jerusalem | Matthew 21:1-11||Mark 11:1-11||Luke 19:28-44 | 185 | 266 | 44% | 167 | 99 |
| 79 | Crucifixion of Jesus | Matthew 27:32-54||Mark 15:21-39||Luke 23:26-48 | 259 | 359 | 39% | 151 | 208 |
| 81 | Resurrection of Jesus | Matthew 28:1-10||Mark 16:1-8||Luke 24:1-12 | 136 | 176 | 29% | 94 | 82 |
| 15 | Healing on the Sabbath | Matthew 12:9-14||Mark 3:1-6||Luke 6:6-11 | 95 | 115 | 21% | 112 | 3 |
| 18 | A Kingdom Divided | Matthew 12:22-37||Mark 3:20-30||Luke 11:14-22 | 126 | 153* | 21% | 70 | 83 |
| 47 | Second Passion Prediction | Matthew 17:22-23||Mark 9:30-32||Luke 9:43b-45 | 47 | 54 | 15% | 38 | 16 |
| 8 | Healings at Capernaum | Matthew 8:16-17||Mark 1:32-34||Luke 4:40-41 | 46 | 52 | 13% | 52 | 0 |
| 13 | Fasting | Matthew 9:14-17||Mark 2:18-22||Luke 5:33-39 | 129 | 142 | 10% | 130 | 12 |
| 11 | Jesus Heals a Paralytic | Matthew 9:1-8||Mark 2:1-12||Luke 5:17-26 | 196 | 213 | 9% | 213 | 0 |
| 63 | Warning against the Scribes | Matthew 23:1-7||Mark 12:38-40||Luke 20:45-47 | 44 | 48 | 9% | 48 | 0 |
| 58 | Parable of the Tenants | Matthew 21:33-46||Mark 12:1-12||Luke 20:9-19 | 182 | 199 | 9% | 174 | 25 |
| 70 | Last Supper | Matthew 26:20-30||Mark 14:17-26||Luke 22:14-23 | 160 | 168 | 5% | 125 | 43 |
| 60 | Marriage at the Resurrection | Matthew 22:23-33||Mark 12:18-27||Luke 20:27-38 | 171 | 170 | -1% | 166 | 4 |
| 10 | Jesus Heals a Leper | Matthew 8:2-4||Mark 1:40-45||Luke 5:12-16 | 99 | 98 | -1% | 98 | 0 |
| 59 | Rendering to Caesar | Matthew 22:15-22||Mark 12:13-17||Luke 20:20-26 | 106 | 104 | -2% | 95 | 9 |
| 69 | Preparations for the Last Supper | Matthew 26:17-19||Mark 14:12-16||Luke 22:7-13 | 99 | 96 | -3% | 96 | 0 |
| 6 | Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit | Mark 1:21-28||Luke 4:31-37 | 124 | 119 | -4% | 119 | 0 |
| 57 | Jesus' Authority | Matthew 21:23-32||Mark 11:27-33||Luke 20:1-8 | 125 | 118 | -6% | 118 | 0 |
| 28 | Gerasene Demoniac | Matthew 8:28-34||Mark 5:1-20||Luke 8:26-39 | 325 | 293 | -10% | 293 | 0 |
| 73 | Jesus' Arrest | Matthew 26:47-56||Mark 14:43-52||Luke 22:47-53 | 140 | 124 | -11% | 86 | 38 |
| 50 | Little Children | Matthew 19:13-15||Mark 10:13-16||Luke 18:15-17 | 64 | 57 | -11% | 57 | 0 |
| 31 | Jesus Sends the Twelve | Matthew 10:1-14||Mark 6:6b-13||Luke 9:1-6 | 106 | 93 | -12% | 93 | 0 |
| 42 | Peter's Confession | Matthew 16:13-20||Mark 8:27-30||Luke 9:18-21 | 75 | 66 | -12% | 66 | 0 |
| 54 | Blind Bartimaeus | Matthew 20:29-34||Mark 10:46-52||Luke 18:35-43 | 123 | 108 | -12% | 96 | 12 |
| 76 | Peter's Denial | Matthew 26:69-75||Mark 14:66-72||Luke 22:56-62 | 128 | 112 | -13% | 100 | 12 |
| 7 | Jesus and Simon's Mother-in-Law | Matthew 8:14-15||Mark 1:29-31||Luke 4:38-39 | 44 | 38 | -14% | 38 | 0 |
| 9 | Jesus Prays Early in the Morning | Mark 1:35-39||Luke 4:42-44 | 63 | 54 | -14% | 54 | 0 |
| 12 | Call of Levi | Matthew 9:9-13||Mark 2:13-17||Luke 5:27-32 | 109 | 94 | -14% | 94 | 0 |
| 14 | Lord of the Sabbath | Matthew 12:1-8||Mark 2:23-28||Luke 6:1-5 | 108 | 92 | -15% | 92 | 0 |
| 45 | Transfiguration | Matthew 17:1-13||Mark 9:2-13||Luke 9:28-36 | 209 | 178 | -15% | 134 | 44 |
| 65 | Apocalyptic Discourse | Matthew 24:1-51||Mark 13:1-37||Luke 21:5-36 | 606 | 497 | -18% | 408 | 89 |
| 23 | Lamp on a Stand | Mark 4:21-25||Luke 8:16-18 | 74 | 61 | -18% | 61 | 0 |
| 80 | Burial of Jesus | Matthew 27:55-61||Mark 15:40-47||Luke 23:49-56 | 144 | 118 | -18% | 111 | 7 |
| 2 | Jesus' Baptism | Matthew 3:13-17||Mark 1:9-11||Luke 3:21-22 | 53 | 43* | -19% | 43 | 0 |
| 17 | Jesus Appoints the Twelve | Matthew 10:1-4||Mark 3:13-19||Luke 6:12-16 | 94 | 76 | -19% | 76 | 0 |
| 27 | Jesus Calms the Storm | Matthew 8:18-27||Mark 4:35-41||Luke 8:22-25 | 118 | 94 | -20% | 94 | 0 |
| 44 | On Discipleship | Matthew 16:24-28||Mark 8:34-9:1||Luke 9:23-27 | 132 | 106 | -20% | 106 | 0 |
| 71 | Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial | Matthew 26:31-35||Mark 14:27-31||Luke 22:31-34 | 79 | 62 | -22% | 31 | 31 |
| 64 | Widow's Offering | Mark 12:41-44||Luke 21:1-4 | 75 | 58 | -23% | 58 | 0 |
| 29 | Jairus' Daughter and the Hemorrhaging Woman | Matthew 9:18-26||Mark 5:21-43||Luke 8:40-56 | 373 | 287 | -23% | 273 | 14 |
| 22 | Parable of the Sower Explained | Matthew 13:18-23||Mark 4:13-20||Luke 8:11-15 | 145 | 109 | -25% | 109 | 0 |
| 62 | David's Son or David's Lord | Matthew 22:41-46||Mark 12:35-37||Luke 20:41-44 | 63 | 47 | -25% | 47 | 0 |
| 51 | The Rich Man Who Lacks One Thing | Matthew 19:16-30||Mark 10:17-31||Luke 18:18-30 | 281 | 202 | -28% | 202 | 0 |
| 66 | Chief Priests Plot Against Jesus | Matthew 26:1-5||Mark 14:1-2||Luke 22:1-2 | 34 | 24 | -29% | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | Parable of the Mustard Seed | Matthew 13:31-33||Mark 4:30-32||Luke 13:18-20 | 57 | 40* | -30% | 40 | 0 |
| 74 | Peter Follows at a Distance | Matthew 26:57-58||Mark 14:53-54||Luke 22:54-55 | 43 | 30 | -30% | 30 | 0 |
| 33 | Feeding of the 5,000 | Matthew 14:13-21||Mark 6:30-44||Luke 9:10-17 | 237 | 164 | -31% | 164 | 0 |
| 21 | The Purpose of Parables | Matthew 13:10-17||Mark 4:10-12||Luke 8:9-10 | 52 | 36 | -31% | 36 | 0 |
| 75 | Jesus Before the Sanhedrin | Matthew 26:59-68||Mark 14:55-65||Luke 22:63-71 | 179 | 121 | -32% | 82 | 39 |
| 19 | Jesus' Mother and Brothers | Matthew 12:46-50||Mark 3:31-35||Luke 8:19-21 | 85 | 54 | -36% | 54 | 0 |
| 20 | Parable of the Sower | Matthew 13:1-9||Mark 4:1-9||Luke 8:4-8 | 151 | 90 | -40% | 90 | 0 |
| 16 | Crowds Follow Jesus | Matthew 12:15-21||Mark 3:7-12||Luke 6:17-19 | 103 | 62 | -40% | 62 | 0 |
| 52 | Third Passion Prediction | Matthew 20:17-19||Mark 10:32-34||Luke 18:31-34 | 73 | 43 | -41% | 43 | 0 |
| 72 | Gethsemane | Matthew 26:36-46||Mark 14:32-42||Luke 22:40-46 | 181 | 97 | -46% | 71 | 26 |
| 61 | Greatest Commandment | Matthew 22:34-40||Mark 12:28-34||Luke 10:25-28 | 153 | 73 | -52% | 55 | 18 |
| 46 | Demonized Boy | Matthew 17:14-20||Mark 9:14-29||Luke 9:37-43a | 270 | 124 | -54% | 110 | 14 |
| 43 | First Passion Prediction | Matthew 16:21-23||Mark 8:31-33||Luke 9:22 | 69 | 25 | -64% | 25 | 0 |
| 53 | Request of James and John | Matthew 20:20-28||Mark 10:35-45||Luke 22:24-27 | 190 | 67 | -65% | 67 | 0 |
| 48 | Who Is the Greatest? | Matthew 18:1-20||Mark 9:33-50||Luke 9:46-50 | 307 | 98 | -68% | 79 | 19 |
| 56 | Cursing the Fig Tree and Clearing the Temple | Matthew 21:12-22||Mark 11:12-26||Luke 19:45-48 | 253 | 61 | -76% | 52 | 9 |
| 32 | John the Baptist Beheaded | Matthew 14:1-12||Mark 6:14-29||Luke 9:7-9 | 302 | 52 | -83% | 38 | 14 |