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HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS:
LIFE OF
CHRIST

≈ 6 BC – 33 AD: Matthew / Mark / Luke / John / 3 Nephi
Birth & Childhood / Early Ministries / Middle Galilean Ministry / Final Galilean Ministry / Late Judean-Perean Ministry / Last Week & Atonement

List by event

I. Birth & Childhood

Annunciation to Zacharias

Elizabeth conceives

Annunciation to Mary

Mary visits Elisabeth

Birth & naming of John the Baptist

Annunciation to Joseph

Annunciation to the shepherds

Circumcision & Presentation in temple

The wise men & Herod

Escape to Egypt

Young Jesus teaches in temple

MATTHEW:

LUKE

JOHN

1:1–14

3 NEPHI

1:1–21; 22–30

II. Early Ministries

Beginning of John’s ministry

Baptism of Jesus

Temptation of Jesus

John's disciples follow Jesus

Changes water into wine

First Passover & cleansing temple

Nicodemus visits Jesus

"For God so Loved the World"

John the Baptist's testimony

Woman at the well

Imprisonment of John the Baptist

Preaches repentance

Heals nobleman’s son

Rejected at Nazareth

Teaches in synagogue

Casts out unclean spirit

Heals Peter’s mother-in-law & others

Sermon on the Mount:

Heals a paralytic

Feast at Matthew's

"They that are whole"

Parable: Old & new

Heals on Sabbath

Witness of the Father

Sabbath made for man

Heals withered hand

Twelve apostles called & ordained

MATTHEW

MARK

1:1–8, 9–11, 12–13, 14-15, 16–20, 21–28, 29–39, 40–45
2:1–13, 14–22, 23–28
3:1–12, 13–19
6:17–20

LUKE

3:1–18, 1 9–20, 21–22,
4:1–13, 14–15, 16–30, 31–37, 38–44
5:1–11, 12–26, 27–39
6:1–5, 6–11, 12–16, 17–26, 27–36, 37–42, 43–45, 46–49
11:1–8, 9–13, 33, 34–36
12:22–34, 58–59
13:23–24, 25–30
14:34–35
16:17, 18

JOHN

3 NEPHI

III. Middle Galilean Ministry

Heals a centurion’s servant

Restores widow’s son

John the Baptist: "No greater prophet"

Woman anoints Jesus

Parable: Two Debtors

Parable: A House Divided

Jesus' mother & brothers

Casts out legion of evil spirits

Raises Jairus’s daughter

Heals woman with blood disease

Heals two blind men

Casts out devil in dumb man

Second rejection at Nazareth

Need for more laborers

Charge to the Twelve

John the Baptist’s death

MATTHEW

MARK

LUKE

7:1–17, 18–35, 36–50
8:1–3, 4–15, 16–18, 19–21, 22–25, 26–40, 41–56
9:1–6, 7–9
11:14–32
12:1–12
13:18–21

IV. Final Galilean Ministry

The Twelve return

Feeds five thousand

Opposition increases

Heals Canaanite daughter

Feeds four thousand

Pharisees & Sadducees want sign

Heals blind man by stages

Testimony of Peter

Sealing keys promised

Prophecy of death & resurrection

Transfiguration: Sealing keys

Heals boy with unclean spirit

Nothing is impossible

Faith as Mustard Seed

Again foretells death & resurrection

Tribute coin from a fish

Unmerciful servant

Rejected at Samaria

Foxes have holes

Sacrifice to follow Jesus

Seventy appointed & sent forth

Upbraids wicked cities

Call to meek: "Come unto me"

MATTHEW

MARK

LUKE

JOHN

6:1–14, 15–21, 22–71

V. Late Judean & Perean Ministries

Feast of Tabernacles

Doctrine of the Father

Spirit testifies of ministry

Adulterous woman

Light of the world

Dispute with Pharisees

Heals blind man on Sabbath

Parable: The good shepherd

Prays with gratitude

Parable: The good Samaritan

Mary & Martha: One needful thing

Parable: The rich fool

Preparing for Second Coming

Parable: The barren fig tree

Feast of Dedication

John the Baptist's followers

Heals woman on Sabbath

"Tell that fox" Herod

Heals man with dropsy

Parable: The great supper

Counting the cost

Unprofitable Servants

Heals ten lepers

Discourse: Coming of Kingdom of God

Pharisees ask about divorce

Suffer little children

Rich young ruler

Reward for forsaking all

Parable: Laborers in vineyard

Prophecy of death & resurrection

Greatest among you

Heals two blind men

Raises Lazarus from the dead

MATTHEW

MARK

10:1–12, 13–16, 17–31, 32–45, 46–52

LUKE

JOHN

VI. The Last Week & Atonement

Sixth day before Passover:

Mary anoints Jesus

Conspiracy against Lazarus

Triumphal entry

Pharisees disapprove

Fig tree cursed

Faith to Move mountains

Moneychangers cast out

Priests challenge Jesus’ authority

Question about tribute

Marriage & resurrection - Sadducees

Great commandment - Pharisees

David’s Lord & son

Beware of Scribes & Pharisees

Lament over Jerusalem

Greeks wish to see Jesus

Discourse: Sent by the Father

Destruction of Jerusalem

Signs of the Second Coming

"Ye Have Done It unto Me"

Last day before Passover:

Prophecy of Crucifixion

Judas’ conspiracy

Last Supper begins

Strife over greatness

Washes disciples’ feet

“One of you shall betray me”

A new commandment

Sacrament instituted

Departure to Mount of Olives

Peter’s denial foretold

"I am the way, the truth, the life"

Discourse: The Comforter

Love one another

Hatred of the world

Warnings to Apostles

The Spirit of truth

Intercessory prayer

Gethsemane: suffering & prayers

Judas’s betrayal

Peter defends Jesus

Hearing before chief priests & Caiaphas

Peter’s denial

Judas’s remorse & death

Hearing before Pilate & Herod

Second Hearing before Pilate

Pilate's Wife's Dream

Mockings & Railings

Death on the cross

Watchers near the cross

Veil of temple rent

Pierced but not broken

Earthquake, stone rolled away

Women find empty tomb

“He is risen”

Peter & John run to tomb

Appears to Mary Magdalene

Appears to Women

Officials bribe soldiers

Appears to two disciples: Emmaus

Appears to 11 disciples

Doubting Thomas

Peter: “I go a fishing"

"Feed My Sheep”

Great commission to the Twelve

MATTHEW

21:1–11, 12–16, 17–22, 23–32, 33–46
22:15–22, 23–40, 41–46
23:1–39
24
25:1–13, 14–30, 31–46
26:1–5, 6–13, 14–19, 20, 21–25, 26–29, 30–35, 36–46, 47–56, 57–75
27:1–2 , 3–10, 11–14, 15–31, 32–44, 45–50, 51–56, 57–66
28:1–8, 9–15, 16–20

MARK

11:1–11, 12–14, 15–19, 20–26, 27-33
12:1–12, 13–17, 18–34, 35–37, 38–40, 41–44
13
14:1–2, 3–9, 10–16, 17, 18–21, 22–25, 26–31, 32–42, 43–52, 53–72
15:1, 2–5, 6–20, 21–32, 33–37, 38–41, 42–47
16:1–8, 9–11, 12–13, 14, 15–20

LUKE

JOHN

1:1–11

8–10

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