This is the first volume in a proposed five-volume set. Volume one is on the interpretation of scripture in Mark. Volume two discusses Matthew, volume three is on Luke, volume four on John and volume five on the extracanonical Gospels. Contributors consider the function of embedded scripture texts in the context of the Gospels written and read/heard in their early Christian settings. The project is wide ranging, essays on the function of scripture in the compositional history of the Gospels are included and the collection is broad in scope as a result of current interest in the integration of methods (especially historical and narrative ones). Advancements over the last 20 years in the study of genre and narrative criticism have left a void in the study of the function of embedded biblical texts in the Gospels. This collection of essays will move the study of scripture within scripture forwards.