Editing Gospel of Luke (section)

===The Gospel of Marcion===
{{see also|Gospel of Marcion}}
Some time in the 2nd century, the Christian thinker [[Marcion of Sinope]] began using a gospel that was very similar to, but shorter than, canonical Luke. Marcion was well known for preaching that the god who sent Jesus into the world was a different, higher deity than the creator god of Judaism.{{sfn|BeDuhn|2015|p=165}}

While no manuscript copies of [[Gospel of Marcion|Marcion's gospel]] survive, reconstructions of his text have been published by [[Adolf von Harnack]] and Dieter T. Roth,{{sfn|Roth|2015}} based on quotations in the anti-[[Marcionism|Marcionite]] treatises of orthodox Christian [[Apologetics|apologists]], such as [[Irenaeus]], [[Tertullian]], and [[Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius]]. These early apologists accused Marcion of having "mutilated" canonical Luke by removing material that contradicted his unorthodox theological views.{{sfn|BeDuhn|2015|p=166}} According to Tertullian, Marcion also accused his orthodox opponents of having "falsified" canonical Luke.{{sfn|BeDuhn|2015|p=167-168, citing Tertullian, [http://www.tertullian.org/articles/evans_marc/evans_marc_10book4_eng.htm ''Adversus Marcionem'' 4.4]}}

Like the [[Gospel of Mark]], Marcion's gospel lacked any nativity story, and Luke's account of the baptism of Jesus was absent. The Gospel of Marcion also omitted Luke's parables of the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan|Good Samaritan]] and the [[Parable of the Prodigal Son|Prodigal Son]].{{sfn|BeDuhn|2015|p=170}}