Parallel study of Gospels – II

Matthew 11:1–19
Jesus testifies about John the Baptist.
Jesus said: "This is the one about whom it is written:
‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way before You.’
Thus John fulfilled the prophecy of Malachi 3:1
Luke 7:18–35
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Matthew 14:1–12
Herod the Tetrarch beheaded John the Baptist at the request of the daughter of Herodias.
He hears reports about the miraculous power of
Jesus.
Mark 6:14–29
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Luke 9:7–9
Herod had beheaded John.
When he heard about Jesus, he was perplexed and tried to see Jesus.
Mark 6:30
The apostles bring news to Jesus about all they had done and taught.
Luke 9:10
The apostles returned and reported to Jesus all they had done.
Matthew 14:13,14
When Jesus heard about John, he withdrew to a solitary place, but the crowd followed Him; He had compassion on them and healed the sick.
Mark 6:30–34
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Luke 9:10–11
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Matthew 14:15–21
Jesus feeds the five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish; after they ate there were twelve basketful of leftovers.
Mark 6:35–44
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Luke 9:10–17
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John 6:1–13
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John 6
14
After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Matthew 14:22–23
Jesus walks on water.
Mark 6:45–52
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John 6:16–21
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Matthew 14:34–36
Jesus heals at Gennesaret. And all who touched Him were healed.
Mark 6:53–56
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Matthew 15:1–20
Pharisees ask Jesus about His disciples who did not keep the tradition of the elders by eating with unwashed hands.
Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of Pharisees, who set aside the Law of Moses to keep their traditions, by quoting Isaiah 29:13:
‘These people honor Me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from Me.
They worship Me in vain;
they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
Mark 7:1–23
Pharisees ask Jesus about His disciples who do not keep the tradition of the elders: ceremonial washing of hands.
           
Note: The food eaten by the disciples was not a holy offering; therefore, it is not about ceremonial cleanliness that had to be observed according to the Law of Moses but a tradition of the Pharisees.
Matthew 15:21–28
Jesus heals the demon-possessed daughter of a Canaanite woman
Mark 7:24–30
Jesus heals the demon-possessed daughter of a Syrophoenician woman.
Matthew 15:29–39
Jesus feeds the four thousand with seven loaves of bread and a few fish; after they ate and were satisfied seven basketfuls of broken pieces were left over.
Mark 8:1–9
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Matthew 16:1–12
Pharisees and Sadducees ask Jesus for a sign.
Jesus said:
"A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”
Mark 8:11–13
Pharisees demand from Jesus a sign from heaven.
Jesus said:
"Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Luke 11
16
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:29–32
The Sign of Jonah.
Matthew 16:5–12
Jesus tells His disciples to beware of the teachings of the Pharisees.
Mark 8:14–21
Jesus warns His disciples to beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.
Luke 12:1–3
Jesus tells His disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Matthew 16:13–16
At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks His disciples: "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Mark 8:27–30
At  Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”
Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah.
Luke 9:18–20
While Jesus was praying, He asked His disciples: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
Peter said: "You are God's Messiah."
Matthew 16
17
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Note: The word church means “house of the Lord.”
Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Mark 8:31
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
Luke 9:22
“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
Matthew 16:27
Jesus told His disciples:
"For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done."
Mark 8:38
Jesus told His disciples:
"If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Luke 9:26
Jesus told His disciples:
"If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."
The Transfiguration of Jesus
Matthew 17:1–9, Mark 9:1–10, Luke 9:28–36
Peter, James and John went up a high mountain with Jesus.
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
A bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
Matthew 17:10,11
The disciples ask Jesus:
"Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Jesus replied:
"Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things."
Mark 9:11,12
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Matthew 17:12,13
Jesus also said that Elijah already came, but they did not recognize him and did to him whatever they wished; in the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.
Then the disciples understood that He was talking about John the Baptist.
Mark 9:12,13
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Matthew 17:22–13
On the way to Galilee, Jesus again tells His disciples:
"The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life."
Mark 9:30–32
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Luke 9:44,45
Matthew 18:1–5
Jesus about the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 9:33–37
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Luke 9:46–48
Matthew 19:1,2
Jesus left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of Jordan. He taught and healed the large crowds that followed him.
Mark 10:1,2
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Matthew 19:1–9
Jesus replies to
Pharisees who came to test Him by asking about divorce.
Mark 10:1–12
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Matthew 19:13–15
Jesus blesses the little children.
Mark 10:13–16
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Luke 18:15–18
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Jesus about His disciples who left everything and followed Him
Matthew 19:28–30, Mark 10:29–31, Luke 18:29,30
28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Matthew 20:1–16
The parable of the workers in the vineyard
The third prediction of death and resurrection of Jesus
Matthew 20:17–19, Mark 10:32–34, Luke 18:31–34
17
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
18
“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
19
and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
Matthew 20:28,Mark 10:45
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 21:1–11, Mark 11:1–10, Luke 19:19–38, John 12:12–15
Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey
As Jesus and His disciples approached Jerusalem, in Bethphage and Bethany at the  Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of His disciples to get a donkey on which no one had ever sat; and the disciples did so.
The disciples laid their cloaks on it and Jesus sat on it, which was in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 :
“Say to the Daughter of Zion,
‘See, your King comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields. The multitudes praised God:
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Jesus drives out all those who were buying and selling in the temple
Matthew 21:12–13, Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19:45-48, John 2:12-25
12
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
13
And He declared to them,
“It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’
But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Mark 11:18
The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began to look for a way to kill Him. They were afraid of Him because the crowd was amazed at His teaching.
Luke 19:47,48
Everyday Jesus was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill Him. Yet they could not find a way to do it because the people hung on to His words.
Matthew 21:23–27
When the chief priests and the elders of the people asked Jesus by what authority He did these things, Jesus questioned them about John's baptism.
Mark 11:27–33
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Luke 20:1–5
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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Matthew 21:33–43, Mark 12:1–11, Luke 20:9–18
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is from the Lord,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Psalm 118:22,23
Matthew 21:45, Mark 12:12, Luke 20:19
The Pharisees, teachers of the law, chief priests and the elders of the people looked for a way to arrest Jesus because they knew He spoke the parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
Matthew 22:15–22, Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:19-26
The Pharisees tried to trap Jesus in His words by sending their disciples and Herodians who asked Him whether it was lawful to pay taxes to Caesar.
Jesus said:
 “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Jesus replies to Sadducees about resurrection
Matthew 22:22–33, Mark 12:18-27, Luke 20:27-40
Luke 20
37 Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
Jesus reveals that the Messiah is not the son of David
Matthew 22:41–46, Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44
41
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43
He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.” ’
45
If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
Jesus warned the people to beware of the teachers of the law.

Matthew 24:1,2
Jesus foretells the destruction of the Second Temple.
Mark 13:1,2
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Luke 21:5-9
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Signs of the coming of Son of Man with great power and glory
Matthew 24:3–51, Mark 13:3–37, Luke 21:7–36
Matthew 24
29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days:
‘The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ’
30
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

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