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s1 Date Description of Event Matthew Mark Luke John Other Notes
1.0 narration Prologue to the gospel     01.01-4 1.1-18  
2.0 Sept 6BC The promise of John the Baptist's birth     01.05-25   Elizabeth conceives 6 months before Mary. (Luke 1:26,36)
3.0 March 5BC The salutation of Mary; Mary visits Elizabeth     01.26-56   9 Months before Dec 25
4.0 December 25*,  5BC The birth of Jesus; the shepherds 1.18-25   02.01-20   *Date of Dec 25 asserted by Hippolytus (AD 165-235) who was a disciple of Irenaeus, of Polycarp, of St John.  Date of Jan 6 also historically popular.  Hoehner asserts a Late 5/Early 4 BC winter birth.
5.0 Jan 02, 4 BC* Circumcision of Jesus; presentation in the temple     02.21-40   Or, eight days after birth.
6.0 Jan 06, 4BC* Visit of the wise men 2.1-12       Traditionally, and reasonably, Jan 6th, definitely less than 3 months after Christ's birth.
7.0 After visit by wise men,                  before Jan 2BC 1) Flight into Egypt; 2) Herod slays the babies of Bethlehem 2.13-23        
7.9 Spring 4BC Death of Herod, return from Egypt          
8.0 Passover, April 29, AD 9 Jesus at twelve years of age     02.41-52   Hoehner p143
9.0 AD 29 John the Baptist begins his ministry 3.1-12 1.1-8 03.01-18 1.19-34 15th year of Tiberius Caesar's reign (begin AD14)
11.0 Summer/Fall AD 29 The baptism of Jesus 3.13-17 1.9-11 03.21-22    
12.0 narration The genealogy of Jesus 1.1-17   03.23-38    
13.0 Summer/Fall AD 29 The temptation of Jesus 4.1-11 1.12-13 04.01-13    
14.0   Jesus's first recorded miracle (water made wine); Jesus visits Capernaum       2.1-12  
15 Passover, April 7, AD 30 First Passover of Jesus' Ministry         Hoehner p60
16.0 Passover, April 7, AD 30 Jesus cleanses the temple during the Passover       2.13-25  
17.0   Nicodemus visits Jesus at night ("God so loved the world")       3.1-21  
18.0   Jesus baptizes, through his disciples, in Judea; John the Baptist again testifies of Jesus       3.22-4.3  
19.0   Jesus converses with the woman of Samaria       4.4-42  
20.0   Jesus arrives in Galilee; his first preaching there 4.12-17 1.14-15 04.14-15 4.43-45  
21.0   Jesus' first rejection at Nazareth     04.16-30    
22.0   Jesus in the synagogue at Capernaum; heals a demoniac 7.28-29 1.21-28 04.31-37 7.46  
23.0   Jesus heals Peter's mother-in-law and others 8.14-17 1.29-34 04.38-41    
24.0   Jesus departs from Capernaum   1.35-38 04.42-43    
25.0   A preaching journey in Galilee 4.23-25 1.39 04.44    
26.0   The miraculous catch of fish; first disciples called 4.18-22 1.16-20 05.01-11 1.35-41  
27.0   Healing the leaper 8.1-4 1.40-45 05.12-16    
28.0   The healing of the paralytic at Capernaum 9.1-8 2.1-12 05.17-26 5.8-9  
29.0   The call of Levi (Matthew) 9.9-13 2.13-17 05.27-32    
30.0   The question about fasting 9.14-17 2.18-22 05.33-39    
31.0 Oct 21-28, AD 31 Jesus heals the man at Bethesda; the testimony to Jesus       5.1-47  
32.0   Two blind men healed 9.27-31        
33.0   Plucking grain on the sabbath 12.1-8 2.23-28 06.01-5 5.10  
34.0   The healing of the man with a withered hand 12.9-14 3.1-6 06.06-11    
35.0   The call of the twelve 10.1-4 3.13-19 06.12-16 1.42  
36.0   Jesus heals the multitudes 12.15-21 3.7-12 06.17-19    
37.0   Sermon on the Mount - Introduction 5.1-2   06.20    
38.0   The Beatitudes 5.3-12   06.20-23    
39.0   The Woes     06.24-26    
40.0   On love of one's enemies 5.43-48   06.27-28, 32-36    
41.0   On almsgiving; on prayer 6.1-8        
42.0   On swearing; on retaliation 5.33-42   06.29-30    
43.0   The Golden Rule 7.12   06.31    
44.0   On judging 7.1-5   06.37-42    
45.0   On profaning the holy 7.6        
46.0   The test of a good man 7.15-20   06.43-45    
47.0   Warning against self-deception 7.21-23   06.46; 13.26-27    
48.0   Hearers and doers of the Word 7.24-27   06.47-49    
49.0   The end of the Sermon 7.28-29     7.46  
50.0   Healing the centurion's servant 8.5-13   07.01-10 4.46-54  
51.0   Healing the widow's son at Naim     07.11-17    
51.1 narration John's imprisonment (commented - not chronological)     03.19-20   Event occurs AD30/31
52.0   John's question to Jesus 11.2-6   07.18-23    
53.0   Jesus' words about John 11.7-19   07.24-35    
54.0   The woman with the ointment 26.6-13 14.3-9 07.36-50 12.1-8  
55.0   The anointing at Bethany 26.6-13 14.3-9 07.36-50 12.1-11  
56.0   The ministering women     08.01-3    
57.0   Jesus teasches by parables: the sower, the tares, the seed growing secretly, the mustard seed, the leaven, the hidden treasure, the pearl, the dragnet, the householder 13.1-52 4.1-34 08.04-18; 10.23-24; 13.18-21 12.40  
58.0   Jesus' true relatives 12.46-50 3.31-35 08.19-21 15.14  
59.0   The stilling of the storm 8.23-27 4.35-51 08.22-25    
60.0   The Gadarene demoniac 8.28-34 5.1-20 08.26-39    
61.0   Jairus' daughter and a woman's faith 9.18-26 5.21-43 08.40-56    
62.0   Jesus is again rejected at Nazareth 13.53-58 6.1-6 08.40-56 4.44; 6.42; 7.5, 15  
63.0   The sending out of the twelve 9.35; 10.1-11, 14 6.6-13 09.01-6    
64.0   The death of John described 14.3-12 6.17-29      
65.0   Herod thinks Jesus is John, risen 14.1-2 6.14-16 09.07-9    
66.0   The return of the twelve and the feeding of the 5,000 14.13-21 6.30-44 09.10-17 6.1-14  
67.0   Walking on the water 14.22-33 6.45-52   6.15-21  
68.0   Jesus' discourse on the bread of life       6.22-71  
69.0   Healings at Gennesaret 14.34-36 6.53-56      
70.0   What defiles a man 15.1-20 7.1-23      
71.0   The Syrophenician woman 15.21-28 7.24-30      
72.0   Healing of many; healing of the deaf mute 15.29-31 7.31-37      
73.0   The feeding of the 4,000 15.32-39 8.1-10      
74.0   Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi; first prediction of the Passion 16.13-23 8.27-33 09.18-22 6.68-69; 20.21-23  
75.0   The conditions of discipleship 16.24-28 8.34-9.1 09.23-27 12.25  
76.0   The transfiguration 17.1-8 9.2-8 09.28-36 1.14  
77.0   The coming of Elijah 17.9-13 9.9-13      
78.0   The epileptic boy healed 17.14-21 9.14-29 09.37-43a 14.9  
79.0   The second prediction of the Passion 17.22-23 9.30-32 09.43b-45 7.1  
80.0   The temple tax 17.24-27        
81.0   The dispute about greatness 18.1-5 9.33-37 09.46-48 3.3, 5; 12.44-45; 13.20  
82.0   The strange exorcist   9.38-41 09.49-50    
83.0   The Samaritan villagers     09.51-56    
84.0   The nature of discipleship 8.18-22   09.57-62    
85.0   The nature of discipleship 8.18-22   09.57-62    
86.0   The twelve disciples sent out 9.35-10.6   10.01-16 1.42; 4.35  
87.0   The sending out of the seventy 9.35-10.16   10.01-16 4:35; 5.23  
88.0   Woes on the cities of Galilee 11.20-24   10.13-15    
89.0   End of discourse to disciples 10.40-11.1   10.16 5.23; 12.44-45  
90.0   The return of the seventy     10.17-20 12.31  
91.0   Jesus' thanksgiving to the Father 11.25-27   10.21-22 3.35; 7.29; 10.14-15; 17.2  
92.0   Comfort for the heavy laden 11.28-30        
93.0   Jesus gratitude to the Father 11.25-27   10.21-22 10.15; 17.2  
94.0   The blessedness of the disciples 13.16-17   10.23-24    
95.0   The lawyer's question 22.34-40 12.28-31 10.25-28    
96.0   The great commandment 22.34-40 12.28-34 10.25-28    
97.0   Parable of the good Samaritan     10.29-37    
98.0   Mary and Martha     10.38-42 11.1-3  
99.0   The Lord's Prayer 6.9-15   11.01-4    
100.0   The friend at midnight     11.05-8    
101.0   God's answering of prayer 7.7-11   11.09-13    
102.0   The answer to praryer 7.7-11   11.09-13    
103.0   The healing of a dumb demoniac 9.32-34 3.22-27 11.14-23    
104.0   Accusations against Jesus; a house divided 12.22-37 3.20-30 11.14-23 7.20; 8.48; 52  
105.0   The Beelzebub controversy 9.32-34; 12.22-30   11.14-23    
106.0   The return of the evil spirit 12.43-45   11.24-26    
107.0   The blessedness of Jesus' mother     11.27-28    
108.0   Against seeking for signs 12.38-42 8.11-12 11.29-32    
109.0   The sign for this generation 12.38-42; 16.1-4 8.11-12 11.29-32    
110.0   The Pharisees seek a sign 16.1-4 8.11-13 11.29-32; 12.54-56 6.30  
111.0   Concerning light 5.14-16;6.22-23   11.33-36    
112.0   The parables of salt and of light 5.13-16 9.50 11.33-36; 14.34-35    
113.0   The sound eye 6.22-23   11.34-36    
114.0   Discourse against the Pharisees 23.1-36 12.37-40 11.37-12.1    
115.0   A discourse on leaven 16.5-12 8.14-21 12.01    
116.0   The blind man at Bethsaida   8.22-26   9.1-7  
117.0   Exhortation to fearless confession 10.19-20, 20-33; 12.32 4.22; 8.38 12.02-12 14.26  
118.0   The parable of the rich fool     12.13-21    
119.0   Exhortation to confession 10.26-33   12.2-12 14.26  
120.0   On anxiety 6.25-34   12.22-31    
121.0   Cares about earthly things 6.16-21, 25-34   12.22-34    
122.0   On fasting; on treasures 6.16-21   12.33-34    
123.0   Watchfulness and faithfulness 24.43-51 13.32-33 12.35-46 13.4-5  
124.0   Watchfulness and faithfulness 24.42-51   12.39-46    
125.0   The papable of the ten maidens 25.1-13        
126.0   The servant's wages     12.47-48    
127.0   Division in households 10.34-36   12.49-56    
128.0   Interpreting the present time 10.34-36; 16.1-4   12.49-56 12.27  
129.0   On murder 5.21-26   12.57-59    
130.0   On adultery and lust 5.27-30        
131.0   Agreement with one's accuser 5.25-26        
132.0   Repentance or destruction     13.01-9    
133.0   Healing of the woman with a spirit of infirmity     13.10-17    
134.0   Parables of the mustard seed, of the leaven 13.31-33 4.30-32 13.18-21    
135.0   Exclusion from the kingdom 7.13-14; 25.10-12; 7.22-23   13.22-30    
136.0   The narrow gate 7.13-14   13.23-24    
137.0   The departure from Galilee     13.31-33    
138.0   The lament over Jerusalem 22.37-39   13.34-35    
139.0   The lament over Jerusalem 23.37-39   13.34-35    
140.0   The healing of a man with dropsy     14.01-6    
141.0   Teaching on humility     14.07-14    
143.0   The parable of the marriage feast (great supper) 22.1-14   14.16-24    
144.0   Conditions of discipleship 10.37-39   14.25-33 12.25  
145.0   The cost of discipleship 10.26-33, 37-39   14.25-35    
146.0   Concerning salt 5.13 9.49-50 14.34-35    
147.0   The lost sheep 18.10-14   15.01-10    
148.0   The lost sheep and the lost coin 18.12-14   15.01-10    
149.0   The prodigal son     15.11-32    
150.0   The unjust steward 6.24   16.01-13    
151.0   On serving two masters 6.24   16.13    
152.0   The hypocrisy of the Pharisees     16.14-15    
153.0   On the law 5.17-20   16.16-17    
154.0   About the law and about divorce 5.17-20, 31-32; 11.12-13   16.16-18    
155.0   On divorce 5.31-32   16.18    
156.0   The rich man and Lazarus     16.19-31    
157.0   On temptations 18.6-9 9.42-48 17.01-2    
158.0   On causing sin 18.6-9 9.42-48 17.01-2    
159.0   On reproving one's brother 18.15-20   17.03 20.23  
160.0   On reconciliation 18.21-22   17.03-4    
161.0   Parable of the unmerciful servant 18.23-35        
162.0   Jesus goes to Jerusalem at the feast of Tabernacles; His discourses there       7.1-53  
163.0   A woman taken in adultery is brought before Jesus       8.1-11  
164.0   Jesus declares himself the light of the world; unbelieving Jews attempt to stone him       8.12-59  
165.0   Jesus heals a blind beggar       9.1-41  
166.0   The Good Shephard       10.1-21  
167.0   On forgiveness 18.15, 21-22        
168.0   On faith 17.20   17.05-6    
169.0   The servant's wages     17.07-10    
170.0   The healing of ten lepers     17.11-19    
171.0   On the kingdom of God 24.23-25 13.21-23 17.20-21    
172.0   The culmination of the troubles 24.23-25 13.21-23 17.20-23    
173.0   The day of the Son of man 24.26-28, 37-41   17.22-37    
174.0   The day of the Son of man 24.26-28   17.23-24, 37    
175.0   The need for watchfulness 24.37-41   17.26-27,34-35    
176.0   The parable of the unjust judge     18.01-8    
177.0   The parable of the Pharisee and the publican     18.09-14    
178.0   Marriage and divorce 19.1-12 10.1-12      
179.0   Jesus blesses the children 19.13-15 10.13-16 18.15-17 3.3,5  
180.0   The rich young man 19.16-30 10.17-31 18.18-30    
181.0   The parable of the laborers in the vineyard 20.1-10        
182.0   The third prediction of the Passion 20.17-19 10.32-34 18.31-34    
183.0   The healing of Bartimeus 20.29-34 10.46-52 18.35-43    
184.0   Zaccheus     19.01-10    
185.0   The parable of the pounds 25.14-30   19.11-27    
186.0   The parable of the talents 25.14-30   19.12-27    
187.0   The last judgement 25.31-46     5.28-29  
188.0   The entry into Jerusalem; prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem; Jesus in the temple 21.1-17 11.1-11 19.28-46 12.21-50; 2.13-15  
189.0   Jesus keeps the feast of Dedication at Jerusalem       10.22-39  
190.0   Jesus goes to Bethany; raises Lazarus from the dead       10.40-11.44  
191.0   A meeting of the Chief priests and Pharisees       11.45-53  
192.0   Jesus at Ephraim; the coming of the Passover       11.54-57  
193.0   The cursing of the fig tree 21.18-19 11.12-14      
194.0   The cleansing of the temple 21.12-13 11.15-19 19.45-48 2.13-17  
195.0   The meaning of the withered fig tree 21.20-22 11.20-26   14.13-14  
196.0   The question about authority 21.23-27 11.27-33 20.01-8 2.18  
197.0   The parable of the two sons 21.28-32        
198.0   The parable of the wicked tenants 21.33-46 12.1-12 20.09-19    
199.0   Question on the tribute to Caesar 22.15-22 12.13-17 20.20-26 3.2  
200.0   Question on the resurrection 22.23-33 12.18-27 20.27-40    
201.0   About David's son 22.41-46 12.35-37 20.41-44    
202.0   Woes against the Pharisees 23.1-36 12.37-40 20.45-47; 11.37-52    
203.0   The widow's gift   12.41-44 21.01-4    
204.0   Prediction fo the destruction of the temple 24.1-3 13.1-4 21.05-7    
205.0   The signs of the parousia 24.4-8 13.5-8 21.08-11    
206.0   The fate of the disciples 10.17-25 13.9-13 21.12-17 13.16; 14.26; 15.20  
207.0   The beginning of the troubles 24.9-14 13.9-13 21.12-19 14.26; 15.21; 16.2  
208.0   The desolating sacrilege 24.15-22 13.14-20 21.20-24    
209.0   The parousia of the Son of man 24.29-31 13.24-27 21.25-28    
210.0   The parable of the fig tree 24.32-33 13.28-29 21.29-31    
211.0   The time of the parousia 24.34-36 13.30-32 21.32-33    
212.0   Mark's ending to the discourse   13.33-37      
213.0   Luke's ending to the discourse     21.34-36    
214.0   A summary of the days spent in Jerusalem     21.37-38    
215.0   The conspiracy against Jesus 26.1-5 14.1-2 22.01-2 11.47-53  
216.0   The traitor 26.20-25 14.17-21 22.14, 21.23 13.21-30  
217.0 Passover Institution of the Lord's Supper 26.26-29 14.22-25 22.15-20    
218.0   Last words: the betrayal foretold; greatness in the kingdom of God; Peter's denial prophesied; the two swords 19.28; 20.25-28 10.42-45 22.21-38 13.4-5, 12-14, 36-38  
219.0   Jesus' farewell discourse; His intercessory prayer       13.31-17.26  
220.0   Jesus and the sons of Zebedee 20.20-28 10.35-45 22.24-27    
221.0   The betrayal by Judas 26.14-16 14.10-11 22.3-6 18.2-5  
222.0   The way to Gethsemane; Peter's denial prophesied 26.30-35 14.26-31 22.39; 22.31-34 18.1; 13.36-38; 16.32  
223.0   Jesus in Gethsemane 26.36-46 14.32-42 22.40-46 18.1; 12.27; 14.3; 18.11  
224.0   Jesus taken captive 26.47-56 14.43-52 22.47-53 18.2-12, 20  
225.0   Jesus begore the Sanhedrin and others; Peter's denial 26.57-75 14.53-72 22.54-71 18.13-27  
226.0   Preparation for the Passover 26.17-19 14.12-16 22.7-13    
227.0   Jesus washes his disciple's feet       13.1-20  
228.0   Jesus delivered to Pilate 27.1-2 15.1 23.01 18.28-32  
229.0   The death of Judas 27.3-10        
230.0   The trial before Pilate 27.11-14 15.2-5 23.02-5 18.33-37; 19.6, 9-10  
231.0   Jesus before Herod     23.06-16    
232.0   The sentence of death 27.15-26 15.6-15 23.17-25 18.38-40; 19.4-16  
233.0   The mocking by the soldiers 27.27-31 15.16-20   19.1-3  
234.0   The Crucifixion 27.32-44 15.21-32 23.26-43 19.17-24  
235.0   The death on the cross; the burial of Jesus 27.45-61 15.33-47 23.44-56 19.24-42  
236.0   The guard at the tomb 27.62-66        
237.0   The empty tomb 28.1-10 16.1-11 24.01-12 20.1-18  
238.0   Bribing the Roman soldiers 28.11-15        
239.0   Jesus appears to the two men on the road to Emmaus   16.12-13 24.13-35    
240.0   Jesus appears in Jerusalem     24.36-49    
241.0   Jesus appears to the disciples       20.19-29  
242.0   Jesus appears at the sea of Tiberias       21.1-24  
243.0   Jesus' appearance on the mountain in Galilee 28.16-20 16.14-16      
244.0   Signs to accompany believers   16.17-18      
245.0   The Ascension   16.19 24.50-53    
246.0   The disciples go out into the world to preach   16.20      
247.0   John's conclusion to the gospel       20.30-31; 21.25