Mt iv, 18-22: [Greek: Peripatôn de =para tên thalassan tês Galilaias eiden= dyo adelphous, =Simôna= ton legomenon Petron =kai Andrean ton adelphon au=tou =ballontas= amphiblêstron =e=is =tê=n =thalass=an; =êsan gar haleeis. Kai= legei =autois: deute opisô mou, kai poiêsô hymas haleeis anthrôpôn=. hoi de =eutheôs aphentes ta diktya êkolouthêsan autô. Kai probas= ekeithen =eiden= allous dyo adelphous, =Iakôbon ton tou Zebedaiou kai Iôannên ton adelphon autou, en tô ploiô= meta Zebedaiou tou patros autôn =katartizontas ta diktya= autôn; =kai ekalesen autous=. hoi de (=eutheôs=) =aphentes t=o =ploi=on kai (=ton patera autôn=) êkolouthêsan =autô=.]
Mk i, 16-20: [Greek: Kai paragôn =para tên thalassan tês Galilaias eiden Simôna kai Andrean ton adelphon= Simônos amphi=ballontas e=n =tê thalass=ê; =êsan gar haleeis. kai= eipen =autois: deute opisô mou, kai poiêsô hymas= genesthai =haleeis anthrôpôn=. kai =euthus aphentes ta diktya êkolouthêsan autô. Kai probas= oligon =eiden Iakôbon ton tou Zebedaiou kai Iôannên ton adelphon autou=, kai autous =en tô ploiô katartizontas ta diktya. kai= (=euthys=) =ekalesen autous=; kai =aphentes= (=ton patera autôn=) Zebedaion en =t=ô =ploi=ô meta tôn misthôtôn apêlthon opisô =aut=ou.]
This passage contains the striking addition of the parenthetical explanation [Greek: êsan gar haleeis]. That this should occur in a narrative portion, and not in a saying of Jesus, is the more significant. For the rest, the saying ascribed to Jesus runs word for word (tho its brevity in this case robs this fact of any very remarkable significance); in the narrative portion Matthew mentions that Simon was called Peter (a remark which Mark saves till he comes to the formal naming of the twelve), and in the conclusion he says "they left the boat and their father," while Mark says "they left their father in the boat," adding, "with the hired men." Mark says Jesus _called_ the two "immediately." Matthew says they _left_ "immediately."
USE OF A COMMON DOCUMENT BY MATTHEW AND LUKE
The document used by Matthew and Luke as the source of their common non-Marcan material was for some time generally identified with the "Logia" which Papias says Matthew, the disciple of the Lord, wrote in Hebrew, undoubtedly meaning Aramaic. Until some sufficient justification for this identification has been given, it seems better to refer to the common non-Marcan source of Matthew and Luke under the more colorless symbol Q.