L source
INFERRED ORAL TRADITION, UNIQUE TO LUKE AMONG THE CANONICAL GOSPELS; INCLUDES THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS, AND THE PARABLES OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN AND OF THE PRODIGAL SON; ACCORDING TO THE FOUR DOCUMENT HYPOTHESIS, LUKE COMBINED MARK, Q, AND L
Proto-Luke; L document; L-source; L Source
In textual criticism of the New Testament, the L source is a hypothetical oral or textual tradition which the author of Luke–Acts may have used when composing the Gospel of Luke.