A Harmony of the Gospels
| Matthew | Mark | Luke | John | |
| Introductory Material | ||||
| Preface | 1:1–4 | |||
| Prologue—Word became Flesh | 1:1–18 | |||
| Genealogies | 1:1–17 | 3:23–37 | ||
| Birth and Early Years of Jesus | ||||
| Birth of John the Baptist foretold | 1:5–25 | |||
| Birth of Jesus foretold to Mary | 1:26–38 | |||
| Mary visits Elizabeth | 1:39–56 | |||
| Birth and early life of John the Baptist | 1:57–80 | |||
| Birth of Jesus foretold to Joseph | 1:18–25 | |||
| Birth of Jesus | 2:1–20 | |||
| Jesus presented in the temple | 2:21–40 | |||
| Visit of the wise men | 2:1–12 | |||
| Flight of the holy family to Egypt | 2:13–23 | |||
| Jesus in the temple at age twelve | 2:41–52 | |||
| John prepares the way | 3:1–12 | 1:1–8 | 3:1–18 | 1:19–28 |
| Baptism and Early Ministry of Jesus | ||||
| Baptism of Jesus | 3:13–17 | 1:9–11 | 3:21–23 | 1:29–34 |
| Temptations of Jesus | 4:1–11 | 1:12–13 | 4:1–13 | |
| Jesus begins to gather disciples | 1:35–51 | |||
| Wedding at Cana | 2:1–11 | |||
| Jesus and Nicodemus | 3:1–21 | |||
| John the Baptist’s testimony about Jesus | 3:22–36 | |||
| Jesus heals the son of a royal official | 4:43–54 | |||
| Jesus heals at the Bethesda pools in Jerusalem and calls upon the testimony of his Father | 5:1–47 | |||
| Jesus in Galilee | ||||
| Strategic move to Capernaum | 4:12–17 | |||
| Jesus gathers the twelve disciples | 4:18–22; 9:9–13; 10:2–4 | 1:16–20; 2:13–17; 3:13–19 | 5:1–11, 27–32; 6:12–16 | |
| Teaching and healing in Capernaum | 8:14–17 | 1:21–34 | 4:31–41 | |
| Jesus in the synagogues of Galilee | 4:23–24 | 1:35–39; 3:7–12 | 4:42–44 | |
| Sermon on the Mount | 5:1–7:29 | 6:20–49 | ||
| Healing of a man with leprosy | 8:1–4 | 1:40–45 | 5:12–16 | |
| Healing of the centurion’s servant | 8:5–13 | 7:1–10 | ||
| Cost of following Jesus | 8:18–22 | 9:57–62 | ||
| Authority demonstrated in the healing of a paralyzed man | 9:1–8 | 2:1–12 | 5:17–26 | |
| Question on fasting | 9:14–17 | 2:18–22 | 5:33–39 | |
| Raising Jairus’s daughter | 9:18–26 | 5:21–43 | 8:40–56 | |
| Disabled and demon possessed healed | 9:27–34 | |||
| Jesus sends out the twelve disciples | 9:35–11:1 | 6:6–13 | 9:1–6 | |
| Jesus and John the Baptist | 11:2–19 | 7:18–35 | ||
| Woe to the cities of opportunity | 11:20–24 | 10:13–15 | ||
| Rest for the weary | 11:25–30 | |||
| Anointed by a sinful woman in Capernaum | 7:36–50 | |||
| Lord of the Sabbath | 12:1–14 | 2:23–3:6 | 6:1–11 | |
| Jesus the Servant in Isaiah 42 | 12:15–21 | |||
| Jesus and Beelzebub | 12:22–37 | 3:20–30 | 11:17–22 | |
| Sign of Jonah | 12:38–45 | 11:24–32 | ||
| Jesus’s mother and brothers | 12:46–50 | 3:31–35 | 8:19–21 | |
| Parables of Jesus | 13:1–52 | 4:1–34 | 8:4–18 | |
| Rejection in Nazareth | 13:53–58 | 6:1–6 | 4:14–30 | |
| Arrest and execution of John the Baptist | 14:1–12 | 6:14–29 | 3:19–20 | |
| Feeding of the five thousand | 14:13–21 | 6:30–44 | 9:10–17 | 6:1–15 |
| Jesus walks on water | 14:22–36 | 6:45–56 | 6:16–24 | |
| Bread of life and response | 6:25–71 | |||
| Lesson on ritual purity | 15:1–20 | 7:1–23 | ||
| Healing of the blind man at Bethsaida | 8:22–26 | |||
| Temple tax paid | 17:24–27 | |||
| Entry into and leadership in God’s kingdom | 18:1–9 | 9:33–37 | 9:46–48 | |
| Parable of the lost sheep | 18:10–14 | 15:1–7 | ||
| Lessons on forgiveness | 18:15–35 | |||
| Accept all who are for us | 9:38–41 | 9:49–50 | ||
| Managing and defeating sin | 9:42–50 | |||
| Lesson on divorce | 19:1–12 | 10:1–12 | ||
| Jesus on Herod and Jerusalem | 14:31–35 | |||
| Children in the kingdom | 19:13–15 | 10:13–16 | 18:15–17 | |
| Lesson on wealth and the kingdom | 19:16–30 | 10:17–31 | 18:18–30 | |
| Parable of the workers in the vineyard | 20:1–16 | |||
| Jesus again announces his coming death | 20:17–19 | 10:32–34 | 18:31–33 | |
| Mother’s request for James and John | 20:20–28 | 10:35–45 | ||
| Jesus beyond Galilee | ||||
| Widow’s son at Nain | 7:11–17 | |||
| Jesus and the Samaritan woman | 4:1–42 | |||
| Stilling the storm and the healing of demon- possessed in the Decapolis | 8:23–34 | 4:35–5:20 | 8:22–39 | |
| Healings in Phoenicia | 15:21–28 | 7:24–37 | ||
| Feeding of the four thousand in the Decapolis | 15:29–39 | 8:1–13 | ||
| Lesson taught by the feeding of the four thousand and five thousand | 16:1–12 | 8:14–21 | ||
| Peter’s great confession near Caesarea Philippi | 16:13–20 | 8:27–30 | 9:18–20 | |
| Jesus announces his coming death | 16:21–28 | 8:31–9:1 | 9:21–27 | |
| Transfiguration | 17:1–13 | 9:2–13 | 9:28–36 | |
| Boy with demon healed | 17:14–23 | 9:14–32 | 9:37–45 | |
| Jesus in Judea | ||||
| Jesus and the Festival of Shelters/Tabernacles | 7:1–52 | |||
| Woman caught in adultery | 8:1–11 | |||
| Jesus affirms his identity | 8:12–59 | |||
| Blind man healed at the Siloam pool | 9:1–41 | |||
| Jesus the good shepherd | 10:1–21 | |||
| Jesus at the Festival of Dedication | 10:22–42 | |||
| Parable of the good Samaritan | 10:25–37 | |||
| Jesus, Mary, Martha, and the one necessary thing | 10:38–42 | |||
| Prayer | 11:1–13 | |||
| Jesus and Beelzebub | 11:14–28 | |||
| Sign of Jonah | 12:38–45 | 11:29–32 | ||
| Lessons from the lamp | 11:33–36 | |||
| Warnings about the Jewish religious leaders | 11:37–12:12 | |||
| Parable of the rich fool | 12:13–21 | |||
| Discussion about worry | 12:22–34 | |||
| Jesus’s second coming | 12:35–59 | |||
| Parable of the fig tree | 13:1–9 | |||
| Healing a disabled woman on Sabbath | 13:10–17 | |||
| Travels to and from Jerusalem | ||||
| Samaritan opposition | 9:51–56 | |||
| Jesus sends out the seventy-two | 10:1–24 | |||
| Lesson of the narrow door | 13:22–30 | |||
| Lessons on obedience and humility | 14:1–14 | |||
| Cost of being a disciple | 14:25–34 | |||
| Parables about lost things | 15:1–32 | |||
| Story about the shrewd manager | 16:1–15 | |||
| Rich man and poor Lazarus | 16:19–31 | |||
| Raising of Lazarus | 11:1–54 | |||
| Ten healed of leprosy | 17:11–19 | |||
| Jesus’s second coming | 17:20–37 | |||
| Parable of the persistent widow | 18:1–8 | |||
| Story of the Pharisee and the tax collector | 18:9–14 | |||
| Healing of blind Bartimaeus | 20:29–34 | 10:46–52 | 18:35–43 | |
| Jesus and Zacchaeus | 19:1–10 | |||
| Parable of the ten minas | 19:11–27 | |||
| Jesus’s final days in Jerusalem | ||||
| Jesus’s triumphal entry | 21:1–11 | 11:1–11 | 19:28–44 | 12:12–19 |
| Temple cleansing | 21:12–17 | 11:12–19 | 19:45–48 | 2:13–16 |
| Withered fig tree | 21:18–22 | 11:20–26 | ||
| Jesus’s authority questioned | 21:23–27 | 11:27–33 | 20:1–8 | |
| Parable of the two sons | 21:28–32 | |||
| Parable of the tenants | 21:33–46 | 12:1–12 | 20:9–19 | |
| Jesus announces his impending death | 12:20–36 | |||
| Continued unbelief in Jerusalem | 12:37–50 | |||
| Parable of the wedding banquet | 22:1–14 | 14:15–24 | ||
| Taxes to Caesar | 22:15–22 | 12:13–17 | 20:20–26 | |
| Marriage at the resurrection | 22:23–33 | 12:18–27 | 20:27–40 | |
| The greatest commandment | 22:34–40 | 12:28–34 | ||
| Jesus as the Son of God | 22:41–46 | 12:35–37 | 20:41–44 | |
| Woes pronounced on Jewish leaders | 23:1–39 | 12:38–40 | 20:45–47 | |
| The poor widow’s gift | 12:41–44 | 21:1–4 | ||
| Signs and time of end times | 24:1–51 | 13:1–37 | 21:5–38 | |
| Parable of the ten virgins | 25:1–13 | |||
| Parable of the talents | 25:14–30 | |||
| Fate of the sheep and the goats | 25:31–46 | |||
| Plotting against Jesus | 26:1–5 | 14:1–2 | 22:1–2 | |
| Jesus anointed by Mary | 26:6–13 | 14:3–9 | 12:1–11 | |
| Judas agrees to betray Jesus | 26:14–16 | 14:10–11 | 22:3–6 | |
| Passover preparation | 26:17–19 | 14:12–17 | 22:7–13 | |
| Jesus anticipates Judas’s betrayal | 26:20–25 | 14:18–21 | 22:21–23 | 13:18–30 |
| Rank in God’s kingdom | 22:24–30 | |||
| Jesus washes the disciples’ feet | 13:1–20 | |||
| Passover becomes Lord’s Supper | 26:26–30 | 14:22–26 | 22:14–20 | |
| Jesus anticipates Peter’s denial | 26:31–35 | 14:27–31 | 22:31–34 | 13:31–38 |
| Jesus comforts the disciples | 14:1–16:33 | |||
| Jesus prays for himself and the church | 17:1–26 | |||
| Struggle in Gethsemane | 26:36–46 | 14:32–42 | 22:39–46 | 18:1 |
| Jesus is arrested | 26:47–56 | 14:43–52 | 22:47–53 | 18:2–27 |
| Jesus before the Sanhedrin | 26:57–68 | 14:53–65 | 18:12–14, 19–24 | |
| Peter’s denial | 26:69–75 | 14:66–72 | 22:54–62 | 18:15–18, 25–27 |
| Death of Judas | 27:1–10 | |||
| Jesus before Pilate | 27:11–31 | 15:1–20 | 22:63–23:25 | 18:28–19:16 |
| Jesus is crucified | 27:32–56 | 15:21–41 | 23:26–49 | 19:16–37 |
| Jesus is buried, and the guard is set | 27:57–66 | 15:42–47 | 23:50–56 | 19:38–42 |
| Jesus’s Resurrection to the Ascension | ||||
| Resurrection | 28:1–15 | 16:1–8 | 24:1–12 | 20:1–9 |
| Jesus and Mary Magdalene | 16:9–11 | 20:10–18 | ||
| Jesus with the Emmaus disciples | 16:12–13 | 24:13–35 | ||
| Jesus appears to ten disciples | 24:36–48 | 20:19–23 | ||
| Jesus appears to the Eleven | 16:14 | 20:24–31 | ||
| Jesus in Galilee | 28:16–20 | 16:15–18 | 21:1–23 | |
| Jesus’s ascension | 16:19–20 | 24:50–52 |