Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Jeremiah 23:31
| JESUS'S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The word became flesh | 1:1-14 | |||
| A letter to Theophilus | 1:1-4 | |||
| The genealogy of |
1:1-17 | 3:23-38 | ||
| Gabriel announces Jesus's birth (The Annunciation) | 1:26-38 | |||
| Mary visits Elizabeth | 1:39-45 | |||
| The Magnificat | 1:46-55 | |||
| The birth of Jesus | 1:18-25 | 2:1-7 | ||
| The shepherds | 2:8-20 | |||
| The circumcision | 2:21 | |||
| The presentation | 2:22-24 | |||
| The canticle of Simeon | 2:25-35 | |||
| An old woman named Anna | 2:36-38 | |||
| The wise men | 2:1-12 | |||
| The flight to Egypt | 2:13-15 | |||
| Herod murders the infants in Bethlehem | 2:16-18 | |||
| The return from Egypt | 2:19-21 | |||
| Jesus's childhood in Galilee | 2:22-23 | 2:39-40 | ||
| His father's business | 2:39-52 |
| JOHN THE BAPTIST | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John the Baptist introduced | 3:1-12 | 1:1-8 | 3:1-20 | 1:15-28 |
| An angel announces John's birth | 1:5-17 | |||
| God strikes Zechariah dumb (for doubting the angel) | 1:18-25 | |||
| Let's call him John | 1:56-66 | |||
| Zechariah's prayer | 1:67-80 | |||
| The baptism of Jesus | 3:13-17 | 1:9-11 | 3:21-22 | |
| The lamb and Son of God | 1:29-34 | |||
| John the Baptist: Should we look for another? | 11:1-6 | 7:18-23 | ||
| Jesus: John the Baptist is Elijah | 11:7-19, 17:1-13 | 9:11-13 | ||
| Herod: Jesus is the risen John the Baptist | 14:1-5 | 6:14-20 | 9:7-9 | |
| The imprisonment John the Baptist | 14:3-4 | 6:17-20 | 3:19-20 | |
| The death of John the Baptist | 14:6-12 | 6:21-29 |
| JESUS'S EARLY MINISTRY | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The marriage at Cana | 2:1-12 | |||
| Jesus is tempted by the devil | 4:1-11 | 1:12-13 | 4:1-13 | |
| Jesus calls his first disciples | 4:12-25 | 1:14-22 | 5:10-11 | 1:35-51 |
| Jesus heals those with unclean spirits | 4:23-25 | 6:17-49 |
| THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The beatitudes | 5:1-12 | 6:20-23 | ||
| Salt of the earth, light of the world | 5:13-16 | 9:49-50 | 14:34-35 | |
| Obey the law of Moses (every jot and tittle) | 5:17-20 | 16:16-17 | ||
| Moses says this, but I say that (name-callers go to hell) | 5:21-24 | |||
| Some legal advice | 5:25-26 | 12:58-59 | ||
| Lust = adultery | 5:27-28 | |||
| Pluck out your eye, cut off your hand | 5:29-30, 18:7-9 | 9:42-50 | ||
| Divorce | 5:31-32 | 10:10-12 | 16:18 | |
| Don't swear | 5:33-37 | |||
| Turn the other cheek | 5:38-39 | 6:27-35 | ||
| Give to anyone who asks | 5:40-42 | 6:27-35 | ||
| Love your enemies | 5:43-47 | 6:27-28, 32-35 | ||
| Be perfect | 5:48 | |||
| Don't let others see your good works | 6:1-4 | |||
| Don't pray in public (or use repetitions) | 6:5-8 | |||
| The Our Father (or The Lord's Prayer) | 6:9-15 | 11:1-4 | ||
| Don't let others know that you're fasting | 6:16-18 | |||
| Treasures in heaven | 6:19-21 | 12:33-34 | ||
| The evil eye | 6:22-23 | 11:33-36 | ||
| God and mammon | 6:24 | 16:13 | ||
| Don't worry about money, food, clothes, or the future | 6:25-34 | 12:22-34 | ||
| Don't judge | 7:1-5 | 6:37-42 | ||
| Pearls before swine | 7:6 | |||
| Just ask God (and he'll give it to you) | 7:7-11 | 11:5-13 | ||
| The golden rule (that's the whole law) | 7:12 | 6:31 | ||
| Most people go to hell | 7:13-14 | 13:24 | ||
| Watch out for false prophets (and bad trees) | 7:15-20 | 6:43-44 | ||
| Didn't I cast out devils in your name, Jesus? (I never knew you) | 7:21-23 | |||
| Obey Jesus (build your house on a rock) | 7:24-29 | 6:47-49 |
| THE SERMON ON THE PLAIN | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus heals those with unclean spirits | 4:23-25 | 6:17-19 | ||
| The beatitudes | 5:1-12 | 6:20-23 | ||
| Woe to the rich and well-respected | 6:24-26 | |||
| Love your enemies | 5:43-47 | 6:27-28, 32-35 | ||
| Turn the other cheek | 5:38-39 | 6:29 | ||
| Give to anyone who asks | 5:40-42 | 6:30 | ||
| The golden rule | 7:12 | 6:31-35 | ||
| Be merciful, don't judge | 7:1-5 | 6:36-42 | ||
| Good and bad trees | 7:17-20 | 6:43-46 | ||
| Obey Jesus (build your house on a rock) | 7:24-28 | 6:47-49 |
| JESUS'S MINISTRY AFTER AFTER HIS SERMONS | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus cleans a leper | 8:1-4 | 1:40-48 | 5:12-16 | |
| The centurion's servant | 8:5-13 | 7:1-10 | ||
| Peter's mother-in-law | 8:14-15 | 1:29-30 | 4:38-39 | |
| Jesus casts out devils and heals the sick | 8:16-17 | 1:32-34 | 4:40-41 | |
| Let the dead bury the dead | 8:18-22 | 9:57-62 | ||
| Jesus calms a storm | 8:23-27 | 4:35-41 | 8:22-25 | |
| Jesus casts out more devils | 8:28-34 | 5:1-20 | 8:26-37 | |
| A man with palsy | 9:1-8 | 2:1-12 | 5:17-26 | |
| The call of Matthew | 9:9-13 | 2:14-17 | 5:27-28 | |
| Why Jesus and his disciples didn't fast | 9:14-17 | 2:15-22 | 5:29-39 | |
| The ruler's daughter and a woman with an issue of blood |
9:18-26 | 5:21-43 | 8:40-56 | |
| Two blind men | 9:27-31 | |||
| A dumb man possessed with a devil | 9:32-34 | |||
| Jesus heals every sickness | 9:35-38 | |||
| The twelve apostles | 10:1-4 | 3:13-19 | 6:12-16 | |
| The mission of the apostles | 10:5-10 | 6:6-9 | 9:1-6 | |
| It'll be worse than Sodom and Gommorah | 10:11-15 | 6:10-11 | ||
| You'll be hated by everyone | 10:16-25 | |||
| Whom you should fear | 10:26-31 | 12:4-7 | ||
| If you deny Jesus, he'll deny you | 10:32-33 | 12:8-9 | ||
| Don't love your family (more than Jesus) | 10:34-39 | 12:49-59, 14:25-35 |
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| Be nice to Jesus's followers (and he'll be nice to you) |
10:40-42 | 9:41 | ||
| Jesus condemns certain cities | 11:20-24 | 10:9-16 | ||
| Thanks for hiding things from the wise | 11:25-27 | 10:21-22 | ||
| Come to Jesus | 11:28-30 | |||
| The disciples pluck grain on the sabbath | 12:1-8 | 2:23-28 | 6:1-5 | |
| A man with a withered hand | 12:9-14 | 3:1-6 | 6:6-11 | |
| God's chosen servant | 12:15-21 | |||
| Jesus and Beelzebub | 12:16-29 | 3:22-27 | 11:14-22 | |
| The unforgivable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Ghost) |
12:30-37 | 3:28-30 | 12:10 | |
| An evil and adulterous generation (asks for a sign) |
12:38-42 16:1-4 |
11:29-32 | ||
| The return of the unclean spirit | 12:43-45 | 11:24-26 | ||
| Jesus: Who is my mother? | 12:46-50 | 3:31-35 | 8:19-21 | |
| The parable of the sower | 13:1-9 | 4:1-9 | 8:4-8 | |
| The purpose of the parables (to confuse people) |
13:10-17 | 4:10-12 | 8:9-10 | |
| Jesus explains the parable of the sower | 13:18-23 | 4:13-20 | 8:11-15 | |
| Weeds and wheat | 13:24-30 | |||
| A mustard seed | 13:31-32 | 4:30-34 | 13:18-19 | |
| Heaven is like yeast | 13:33 | 13:20-21 | ||
| The purpose of the parables (again) | 13:34-35 | |||
| Jesus explains the parable of the weeds | 13:36-43 | |||
| Three little parables | 13:44-52 | |||
| Jesus is rejected in his hometown | 13:53-58 | 6:1-6 | 4:14-30 | |
| Jesus feeds five thousand men | 14:13-21 | 6:30-44 | 9:10-17 | 6:1-15 |
| Jesus walks on water | 14:22-33 | 6:45-52 | 6:16-21 | |
| Jesus heals the sick in Gennesaret | 14:34-36 | 6:53-56 | ||
| The Pharisees criticize Jesus's disciples (for not washing their hands before eating) |
15:1-2 | 7:1-5 | 11:37-54 | |
| Jesus criticizes the Pharisees (for not killing disobedient children) |
15:3-9 | 7:6-13 | ||
| Things that defile a person | 15:10-20 | 7:14-23 | ||
| Jesus removes a devil from a Canaanite woman's daughter (after calling her a dog) |
15:21-28 | 7:24-30 | ||
| Jesus feeds four thousand men | 15:29-39 | 8:1-10 | ||
| The yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees | 16:5-12 | 8:14-21 | 12:1-3 | |
| Peter declares Jesus to be Christ (and becomes the first pope) |
16:13-20 | 8:27-30 | 9:18-21 | |
| Jesus fortells his death and resurrection (and calls Peter "Satan") |
16:21-26 | 8:31-38 | 9:22-25 | |
| Jesus will come again soon (within the lifetime of some of his listeners) |
16:27-28 | 9:1 | 9:27 | |
| The Transfiguration | 17:1-9 | 9:2-10 | 9:28-36 | |
| Jesus heals a boy possessed by the devil | 17:14-21 | 9:14-29 | 9:37-43 | |
| Jesus fortells his death (again) | 17:22-23 | 9:31-32 | 9:44-45 | |
| Jesus pays his taxes (by taking a coin out of a fish's mouth) |
17:24-27 | |||
| Who is the greatest? | 18:1-6 | 9:33-37 | 9:46-48 | |
| Cut off your hand and pluck out your eye (if they offend you) |
18:7-9 | 9:42-50 | ||
| The lost sheep | 18:10-14 | 15:1-7 | ||
| What to do with someone who trespasses against you | 18:15-17 | : | 17:3-4 | |
| Special powers given to believers | 18:18-20 | |||
| How many times must we forgive? (490) | 18:21-22 | |||
| The parable of the cruel master | 18:23-35 | |||
| Divorce | 19:1-11 | 10:1-12 | 16:18 | |
| Eunuchs | 19:12 | |||
| Little children | 19:13-15 | 10:13-16 | 18:15-17 | |
| The rich young man | 19:16-26 | 10:17-31 | 18:18-27 | |
| Abandon your family for Jesus | 19:27-30 | 10:28-31 | 18:28-30 | |
| The parable of the unfair employer | 20:1-16 | |||
| Jesus fortells his death (for the third time) | 20:17-19 | 10:32-34 | 18:31-34 | |
| The mother of James and John ask Jesus for a favor (special seats in heaven) | 20:20-28 | 10:35-45 | ||
| Two blind men | 20:29-34 | 10:46-52 | 18:35-43 |
| HOLY WEEK | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus rides into Jerusalem (on an ass and a colt) | 21:1-11 | 11:1-11 | 19:28-38 | 12:12-19 |
| Jesus's temple tantrum | 21:12-17 | 11:15-19 | 19:45-48 | 2:13-22 |
| Jesus kills a fig tree (by cursing it) | 21:18-22 | 11:12-14, 20-24 | 13:6-9 | |
| Jesus stumps the chief priests and elders | 21:23-27 | 11:27-33 | 20:1-8 | |
| The parable of two sons | 21:28-32 | |||
| A parable about a vineyard | 21:33-46 | 12:1-12 | 20:9-19 | |
| The parable of the wedding banquet (and the psyco king) | 22:1-14 | 14:16-24 | ||
| Pay your taxes | 22:15-22 | 12:13-17 | 20:20-26 | |
| There is no marriage in heaven | 22:23-33 | 12:18-27 | 20:27-40 | |
| The greatest commandment | 22:34-40 | 12:28-34 | 20:25-28 | |
| Jesus is not the son of David | 22:41-46 | 12:35-37 | 20:41-44 | |
| Woe to scribes and Pharisees! | 23:1-39 | 11:42-54 | ||
| The end of the world | 24:1-51 | 13:1-37 | 17:20-37, 21:5-38 | |
| Heaven is like ten virgins | 25:1-13 | |||
| The cruel and unjust master | 25:14-30 | 19:11-27 | ||
| The sheep and the goats | 25:31-46 | |||
| Jesus predicts his death (for the fourth time) | 26:1-2 | |||
| The plot to kill Jesus | 26:3-5 | 14:1-2 | 22:1-2 | 11:45-57 |
| Jesus gets his head anointed (the poor get nothing) | 26:6-13 | 14:3-9 | 7:36-50 | 12:1-8 |
| Judas betrays Jesus | 26:14-16 | 14:10-11 | 22:1-6 | |
| The Last Supper | 26:17-30 | 14:12-26 | 22:7-30 | |
| Peter's promise (and Jesus's prediction) | 26:31-35 | 14:27-31 | 22:31-34 | 13:36-38 |
| Jesus prays at Gethsemane (while the disciples sleep) | 26:36-46 | 14:32-42 | 22:39-46 | |
| Jesus is arrested | 26:47-56 | 14:43-50 | 22:47-53 | 18:1-12 |
| Jesus is taken to Caiaphas | 26:57-68 | 14:53-65 | 22:56 | 18:24 |
| Peter denies Jesus | 26:69-75 | 14:66-72 | 22:56-62 | 18:15-18 |
| Jesus is taken to Pontius Pilate | 27:1-2 | 15:1 | 23:1 | 18:28 |
| Judas hangs himself | 27:3-10 | |||
| Jesus is questioned by Pilate | 27:11-14 | 15:2-5 | 23:2-7 | 18:29-40 |
| Jesus is taken to Herod | 23:8-12 | |||
| Pilate tries to release Jesus | 23:13-17 | 19:4-16 | ||
| The people prefer Barabbas to Jesus | 27:15-26 | 15:6-15 | 23:18-25 | 18:39-40 |
| The soldiers make fun of Jesus | 27:27-30 | 15:16-20 | 19:1-3 | |
| Jesus is crucified | 27:31-44 | 15:21-32 | 23:26-43 | |
| Jesus dies | 27:45-56 | 15:33-41 | 23:44-49 | |
| The burial of Jesus | 27:57-66 | 15:42-47 | 23:50-56 | |
| Jesus rises from the dead | 28:1-10 | 16:1-8 | 24:1-12 | |
| The priests bribe the guards | 28:11-15 | |||
| Jesus appears to his disciples (but some doubted) | 28:16-20 | |||
| The added verses in Mark | : | 16:9-20 | ||
| The road to Emmaeus | : | 24:13-32 | ||
| Jesus appears (and eats fish) | : | 24:33-49 | ||
| Jesus goes to heaven | : | 24:50-53 |
