250 Events in the Life of Christ - A Harmony of the Gospels

All four books in the Bible that tell the story of Jesus Christ—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—stand alone, emphasizing a unique aspect of Jesus’ life. But when these are blended into one complete account, or harmonized, we gain new insights about the life of Christ.

This harmony combines the four Gospels into a single chronological account of Christ’s life on earth. It includes every chapter and verse of each Gospel, leaving nothing out.

The harmony is divided into 250 events. The title of each event is identical to the title found in the corresponding Gospel. Parallel passages found in more than one Gospel have identical titles, helping you to identify them quickly.

Each of the 250 events in the harmony is numbered. The number of the event corresponds to the number next to the title in the Bible text. When reading one of the Gospel accounts, you will notice, at times, that some numbers are missing or out of sequence. The easiest way to locate these events is to refer to the harmony.

In addition, if you are looking for a particular event in the life of Christ, the harmony can help you locate it more rapidly than paging through all four Gospels. Each of the 250 events has a distinctive title keyed to the main emphasis of the passage to help you locate and remember the events.

This harmony will help you to better visualize the travels of Jesus, study the four Gospels comparatively, and appreciate the unity of their message.

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I. Birth and Preparation of Jesus Christ
	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John
1. Luke’s purpose in writing			1:1-4
2. God became a human				1:1-18
3. The record of Jesus’ ancestors	1:1-17		3:23-38
4. An angel promises the birth of John to Zechariah			1:5-25
5. An angel promises the birth of Jesus to Mary			1:26-38
6. Mary visits Elizabeth			1:39-56
7. John the Baptist is born			1:57-80
8. An angel appears to Joseph	1:18-25
9. Jesus is born in Bethlehem			2:1-7
10. Shepherds visit Jesus			2:8-20
11. Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to the Temple			2:21-40
12. Visitors arrive from eastern lands	2:1-12
13. The escape to Egypt	2:13-18
14. The return to Nazareth	2:19-23
15. Jesus speaks with the religious teachers			2:41-52
16. John the Baptist prepares the way for Jesus	3:1-12	1:1-8	3:1-18
17. The baptism of Jesus	3:13-17	1:9-11	3:21-22
18. Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness	4:1-11	1:12-13	4:1-13
19. John the Baptist declares his mission				1:19-28
20. John the Baptist proclaims Jesus as the Messiah				1:29-34
21. The first disciples follow Jesus				1:35-51
22. Jesus turns water into wine				2:1-12
II. Message and Ministry of Jesus Christ
	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John
23. Jesus clears the Temple				2:13-25
24. Nicodemus visits Jesus at night				3:1-21
25. John the Baptist tells more about Jesus				3:22-36
26. Herod puts John in prison			3:19-20
27. Jesus talks to a woman at the well				4:1-26
28. Jesus tells about the spiritual harvest				4:27-38
29. Many Samaritans believe in Jesus				4:39-42
30. Jesus preaches in Galilee	14:12-17	1:14-15	4:14-15	4:43-45
31. Jesus heals a government official’s son				4:46-54
32. Jesus is rejected at Nazareth			4:16-30
33. Four fishermen follow Jesus	4:18-22	1:16-20
34. Jesus teaches with great authority		1:21-28	4:31-37
35. Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law and many others	8:14-17	1:29-34	4:38-41
36. Jesus preaches throughout Galilee	4:23-25	1:35-39	4:42-44
37. Jesus provides a miraculous catch of fish			5:1-11
38. Jesus heals a man with leprosy	8:1-4	1:40-45	5:12-16
39. Jesus heals a paralyzed man	9:1-8	2:1-12	5:17-26
40. Jesus eats with sinners at Matthew’s house	9:9-13	2:13-17	5:27-32
41. Religious leaders ask Jesus about fasting	9:14-17	2:18-22	5:33-39
42. Jesus heals a lame man by a pool				5:1-15
43. Jesus claims to be the Son of God				5:16-30
44. Jesus supports his claim				5:31-47
45. The disciples pick wheat on the Sabbath	12:1-8	2:23-28	6:1-5
46. Jesus heals a man’s hand on the Sabbath	12:9-14	3:1-6	6:6-11
47. Large crowds follow Jesus	12:15-21	3:7-12
48. Jesus chooses the twelve disciples		3:13-19	6:12-16
49. Jesus gives the Beatitudes	5:1-12		6:17-26
50. Jesus teaches about salt and light	5:13-16
51. Jesus teaches about the law	5:17-20
52. Jesus teaches about anger	5:21-26
53. Jesus teaches about lust	5:27-30
54. Jesus teaches about divorce	5:31-32
55. Jesus teaches about vows	5:33-37
56. Jesus teaches about revenge	5:38-42
57. Jesus teaches about loving enemies	5:43-48		6:27-36
58. Jesus teaches about giving to the needy	6:1-4
59. Jesus teaches about prayer	6:5-15
60. Jesus teaches about fasting	6:16-18
61. Jesus teaches about money	6:19-24
62. Jesus teaches about worry	6:25-34
63. Jesus teaches about judging others	7:1-6		6:37-42
64. Jesus teaches about asking, looking, knocking	7:7-12
65. Jesus teaches about the way to heaven	7:13-14
66. Jesus teaches about fruit in people’s lives	7:15-20		6:43-45
67. Jesus teaches about building on a solid foundation	7:21-29		6:46-49
68. A Roman officer demonstrates faith	8:5-13		7:1-10
69. Jesus raises a widow’s son from the dead			7:11-17
70. Jesus eases John’s doubt	11:1-19		7:18-35
71. Jesus promises rest for the soul	11:20-30
72. A sinful woman anoints Jesus’ feet			7:36-50
73. Women accompany Jesus and the disciples			8:1-3
74. Religious leaders accuse Jesus of getting his power from Satan	12:22-37	3:20-30
75. Religious leaders ask Jesus for a miracle	12:38-45
76. Jesus describes his true family	12:46-50	3:31-35	8:19-21
77. Jesus tells the parable of the four soils	13:1-9	4:1-9	8:4-8
78. Jesus explains the parable of the four soils	13:10-23	4:10-25	8:9-18
79. Jesus tells the parable of the growing seed		4:26-29
80. Jesus tells the parable of the weeds	13:24-30
81. Jesus tells the parable of the mustard seed	13:31-32	4:30-34
82. Jesus tells the parable of the yeast	13:33-35
83. Jesus explains the parable of the weeds	13:36-43
84. Jesus tells the parable of hidden treasure	13:44
85. Jesus tells the parable of the pearl merchant	13:45-46
86. Jesus tells the parable of the fishing net	13:47-52
87. Jesus calms the storm	8:23-27	4:35-41	8:22-25
88. Jesus sends demons into a herd of pigs	8:28-34	5:1-20	8:26-39
89. Jesus heals a bleeding woman and restores a girl to life	9:18-26	5:21-43	8:40-56
90. Jesus heals the blind and mute	9:27-34
91. The people of Nazareth refuse to believe	13:53-58	6:1-6
92. Jesus urges the disciples to pray for workers	9:35-38
93. Jesus sends out the twelve disciples	10:1-15	6:7-13	9:1-6
94. Jesus prepares the disciples for persecution	10:16-42
95. Herod kills John the Baptist	14:1-12	6:14-29	9:7-9
96. Jesus feeds 5,000	14:13-21	6:30-44	9:10-17	6:1-15
97. Jesus walks on water	14:22-33	6:45-52		6:16-21

Introduction

I. Birth and Preparation of Jesus Christ

II. Message and Ministry of Jesus Christ