A Harmony of the Gospels
From the Illustrated New Testament (1878)
by John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott
| 1 | Preface of St. Luke. | Lu 1:1-4 | |||
| 2 | Preface of St. John. | Joh 1:1-13 | |||
| 3 | Elizabeth's conception. | Lu 1:5-25 | |||
| 4 | Salutation of Mary. | Lu 1:26-38 | |||
| 5 | Visit of Mary to Elizabeth. | Lu 1:39-56 | |||
| 6 | Birth of John the Baptist. | Lu 1:57-59 | |||
| 7 | An Angel appears to Joseph. | Mt 1:18-25 | |||
| 8 | Birth of Jesus. | Lu 2:1-7 | |||
| 9 | Genealogy of Jesus. | Mt 1:1-17 | Lu 3:28-38 | ||
| 10 | Appearance of an angel to the shepherds; their visit to Jesus. | Lu 2:8-20 | |||
| 11 | Circumcision of Jesus. | Mt 1:25 | Lu 2:2-21 | ||
| 12 | Jesus presented in the temple. | Lu 2:22-38 | |||
| 13 | The Magi. Flight of Jesus into Egypt. Cruelty of Herod. Return of Jesus from Egypt. | Mt 2:1-23 | |||
| 14 | Jesus goes to the Passover at twelve years of age. | Lu 2:40-52 | |||
| 15 | John the Baptist and his ministry. | Lu 1:80 | |||
| 16 | Jesus is baptized. | Mt 3:13-17 | Mr 1:9-11 | Lu 3:21-28 | |
| 17 | Jesus' temptation. | Mt 4:1-11 | Mr 1:12- 13 | Lu 4:1-18 | |
| 18 | John the Baptist's testimony to Jesus; its effects. | Joh 1:19-51 | |||
| 19 | Marriage feast at Cana of Galilee. | Joh 2:1-12 | |||
| 20 | Jesus goes to Jerusalem, at the Passover; he casts the traders out of the temple. | Joh 2:13-25 | |||
| 21 | Jesus' discourse with Nicodemus. | Joh 3:1-21 | |||
| 22 | Jesus tarries and baptizes in Judea. The superior dignity of Jesus asserted by John the Baptist. | Joh 3:22-36 | |||
| 23 | Jesus retires to Galilee after John's imprisonment. He passes through Samaria and makes disciples. | Mt 4:12 | Mr 1:14 | Joh 4:1-42 | |
| 24 | The right of public ministry exercised by Jesus in Galilee. In Cana he heals the son of an officer of King Herod, who lay sick at Capernaum. | Joh 4:43-54 | |||
| 25 | Jesus goes to Nazareth; preserves his life by a miracle; fixes his dwelling at Capernaum. | Lu 4:15-31 | |||
| 26 | Call of Simon and Andrew, also of James and John, with the miracle which preceded it. | Lu 5:1-11 | |||
| 27 | Jesus heals a demoniac in the synagogue at Capernaum. | Mr 1:21- 28 | Lu 4:31-37 | ||
| 28 | Peter's wife's mother and others are healed. Attended by some of his disciples Jesus teaches and works miracles in Galilee. | Mt 8:14-25 | Mr 1:29- 39 | Lu 4:38-44 | |
| 29 | Jesus heals a leper. | Mt 8:2-4 | Mr 1:40- 45 | Lu 5:12-16 | |
| 30 | Jesus heals a paralytic. | Mr 2:1-12 | Lu 5:17-26 | ||
| 31 | Call of Matthew | Mr 2:13- 14 | |||
| 32 | Healing of an infirm man at Bethesda, in Jerusalem. | Joh 5:1-16 | |||
| 33 | Jesus vindicates his disciples for plucking ears of corn on the Sabbath. | Mt 12:1-8 | Mr 2:23- 28 | Lu 6:1-5 | |
| 34 | Jesus heals a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, and withdraws himself from the Pharisees and heals many. | Mt 12:9-21 | Mr 3:1-12 | Lu 6:6-11 | |
| 35 | Jesus retires to a mountain, and calling his disciples to him, chooses twelve; he is followed by a great multitude, and heals many. | Mr 3:13- 19 | Lu 6:12-19 | ||
| 36 | The Sermon on the Mount. | Mt 5:1-7:29 | Lu 6:20-49 | ||
| 37 | The centurion's servant healed. | Mt 8:5-13 | Lu 7:1-10 | ||
| 38 | The widow's son is raised from the dead, at Nain. | Lu 7:11-17 | |||
| 39 | Jesus' answer to the disciples sent by John the Baptist. | Mt 11:2-19 | Lu 7:18-35 | ||
| 40 | Jesus' reflections in consequence of his appeal to his mighty works. | Mt 11:20-30 | |||
| 41 | A woman who had been a sinner is publicly reassured by Jesus sitting at meat with a Pharisee. | Lu 7:36-50 | |||
| 42 | During Jesus' second circuit through Galilee he heals a demoniac, and the scribes and Pharisees blaspheme the Holy Spirit. | Mt 9:35 | Mr 6:6 | Lu 8:1-3 | |
| 43 | Jesus reproves the scribes and Pharisees for seeking a sign. | Mt 12:38-45 | Lu 11:16, 24-36 | ||
| 44 | Who are truly blessed. | Lu 11:27- 28 | |||
| 45 | Jesus regards his true disciples as his nearest relations. | Mt 12:46-50 | Mr 3:31- 35 | Lu 8:19-21 | |
| 46 | Jesus, sitting at meat with a Pharisee, denounces woes against the Pharisees, scribes, and teachers of the law. | Lu 11:37- 54 | |||
| 47 | Jesus instructs his disciples and the people. | Lu 12:1-59 | |||
| 48 | The calamities of certain Galileans a warning to the Jews. | Lu 13:1-9 | |||
| 49 | Parables. The reason why he used them. One explained. | Mt 13:1-52 | Mr 4:1-34 | ||
| 50 | Jesus gives commandment to cross the lake. Incidents on the way. A tempest is stilled. | Mt 8:18-27 | Mr 4:35- 41 | Lu 8:22-25 | |
| 51 | Two demoniacs of Gadara healed. | Mt 8:28-34 | Mr 5:1-20 | Lu 8:26-39 | |
| 52 | Levi's feast. Jesus' consequent discourse. The raising of Jairus' daughter. | Mt 9:1,10-25 | Mr 5:21 | Lu 8:40 | |
| 53 | Jesus heals two blind men. | Mt 9:27-31 | |||
| 54 | Jesus casts out a dumb Spirit. The Pharisees again blaspheme. | Mt 9:32-34 | |||
| 55 | Jesus revisits Nazareth, and is again rejected there. | Mt 13:54-58 | Mr 6:1-8 | ||
| 56 | The occasion of sending forth the twelve apostles to preach and work miracles. | Mt 9:36-38 | |||
| 57 | The twelve are instructed and sent forth. | Mt 10:1,5-42 | Mr 6:7-11 | Lu 9:1-5 | |
| 58 | Jesus continues his tour through Galilee. | Mt 11:1 | |||
| 59 | The twelve preach repentance and work miracles everywhere. | Mr 6:12- 13 | Lu 9:6 | ||
| 60 | The death of John the Baptist. | Mt 14:6-12 | Mr 6:21- 29 | ||
| 61 | Herod hears of Jesus' fame, and desires to see him. | Mt 14:1-2 | Mr 6:14- 16 | Lu 9:7-9 | |
| 62 | Return of the twelve. | Mr 6:30- 31 | Lu 9:10 | ||
| 63 | Five thousand are fed on five loaves and two fishes. | Mt 14:13-21 | Mr 6:32- 44 | Lu 9:10-17 | Joh 6:1-14 |
| 64 | Jesus walks on the sea. | Mt 14:22-36 | Mr 6:45- 56 | ||
| 65 | Jesus discourses with the multitude in Capernaum, in the synagogue of that city, and with his disciples. Peter's confession. | Joh 6:22-71; 7:1 | |||
| 66 | Jesus' discourse with the Pharisees and scribes, and with his disciples, about eating with unwashen hands. | Mt 15:1-20 | Mr 7:1-23 | ||
| 67 | Jesus heals the daughter of a Syro-phoenician woman. | Mt 15:21-28 | Mr 7:24- 30 | ||
| 68 | Jesus restores to a person hearing and speech. | Mt 15:29-31 | Mr 7:31- 37 | ||
| 69 | Jesus feeds more than four thousand with seven loaves and a few small fishes. | Mt 15:32-39 | Mr 8:1-10 | ||
| 70 | The Pharisees and Sadducees again ask a sign. | Mt 16:1-4 | Mr 8:11- 12 | ||
| 71 | The disciples are cautioned against the leaven of the Pharisees, of the Sadducees, and of Herod. | Mt 16:4-12 | Mr 8:13- 21 | ||
| 72 | Jesus restores a blind man to sight near Bethsaida. | Mr 8:22- 26 | |||
| 73 | Peter repeats his confession that Jesus was the Messiah. | Mt 16:13-20 | Mr 8:27- 30 | Lu 9:18-21 | |
| 74 | Jesus plainly foretells his sufferings and resurrection; rebukes Peter; exhorts all to self-denial. | Mt 16:21-28 | Mr 8:31- 38 | Lu 9:22-27 | |
| 75 | Jesus' transfiguration; his discourse with the three disciples as they were descending from the mountain. | Mt 17:1-13 | Mr 9:2-13 | Lu 9:28-36 | |
| 76 | Jesus casts out a dumb and deaf spirit. | Mt 17:14-21 | Mr 9:14- 29 | Lu 9:37-43 | |
| 77 | Jesus again foretells his suffering and resurrection. | Mt 17:22-23 | Mr 9:30- 32 | Lu 9:43-45 | |
| 78 | Jesus works a miracle to pay the tribute money. | Mt 17:24-27 | Mr 9:33 | ||
| 79 | The disciples contend who should be the greatest. Jesus' conduct and discourse on that occasion. | Mt 18:1-35 | Mr 9:33-50 | ||
| 80 | Seventy disciples are instructed and sent out. | Lu 10:1-16 | |||
| 81 | Jesus goes to Jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles. His conduct and discourses during the feast. | Joh 7:2-53; 8:1 | |||
| 82 | A woman taken in adultery is brought before Jesus. | Joh 8:2-11 | |||
| 83 | Jesus discourses with the scribes and Pharisees, with those who believed in him, and with the unbelieving Jews. | Joh 8:12-59 | |||
| 84 | Jesus restores sight to one blind from his birth. The consequence of this miracle. | Joh 9:1-41,10:1-21 | |||
| 85 | Return of the seventy. | Lu 10:17- 24 | |||
| 86 | Jesus instructs a teacher of the law how to attain eternal life. | Lu 10:25- 37 | |||
| 87 | The disciples are again taught how to pray. | Lu 11:1-13 | |||
| 88 | Jesus restores a woman who had been bowed down for eighteen years. | Lu 13:10- 21 | |||
| 89 | Jesus replies to the question, Are there few that be saved? | Lu 13:22- 35 | |||
| 90 | The transactions when our Lord ate bread with a chief Pharisee on the Sabbath. | Lu 14:1-24 | |||
| 91 | Jesus states to the multitude the difficulties attending a profession of his religion. | Lu 14:25- 35 | |||
| 92 | Jesus defends himself against the Pharisees and scribes for instructing publicans and sinners. | Lu 15:1-32 | |||
| 93 | Jesus instructs his disciples by the parable of the unjust steward. The Pharisees are reproved. | Lu 16:1-31 | |||
| 94 | Jesus further instructs his disciples. | Lu 17:1-10 | |||
| 95 | The Samaritans will not receive Jesus. James and John reproved for their zeal against them. | Lu 9:51-56 | |||
| 96 | Jesus cleanses ten lepers. | Lu 17:1219 | |||
| 97 | The Pharisees ask when the kingdom of God should come. Jesus' answer. | Lu 17:20- 37 | |||
| 98 | Jesus speaks a parable to his disciples, and another to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous. | Lu 18:1-14 | |||
| 99 | Jesus received into Martha's house. | Lu 10:38- 42 | |||
| 100 | Jesus keeps the feast of dedication at Jerusalem. | Joh 10:22-39 | |||
| 101 | Jesus goes again to Bethabara after the feast of dedication, and remains there till a fit occasion calls him into Judea. | Joh 10:40-42 | |||
| 102 | Lazarus raised from the dead. The consequence of this miracle. | Joh 11:1-54 | |||
| 103 | Jesus enters Judea. The Pharisees question him about divorces. | Mt 19:1-12 | Mr 10:1-12 | ||
| 104 | Jesus lays his hand on young children and blesses them. | Mt 19:13-15 | Mr 10:1316 | Lu 18:15- 17 | |
| 105 | Jesus' discourse in consequence of being asked by a rich man how he should attain eternal life. | Mt 19:16- 20:16 | Mr 10:17- 31 | Lu 18:18- 30 | |
| 106 | Jesus, as he is going up to Jerusalem, foretells his sufferings to the twelve apart. | Mt 20:17-19 | Mr 10:32- 34 | Lu 18:31- 34 | |
| 107 | The ambitious request of James and John. | Mt 20:20-28 | Mr 10:35- 45 | ||
| 108 | Jesus restores sight to two men near Jericho. | Mt 20:29-34 | Mr 10:46- 52 | Lu 18:35- 43 | |
| 109 | Jesus visits Zaccheus, a chief of the publicans. | Lu 19:2-28 | |||
| 110 | Jesus arrives at Bethany six days before the passover. | Joh 11:55-57, 12:1, 9-11 | |||
| 111 | Jesus proceeds to Jerusalem amid the acclamations of the disciples and of the multitude. The transactions there. | Mt 21:1-17 | Mr 11:1-11 | Lu 19:29- 44 | |
| 112 | The barren fig-tree. The temple cleansed. | Mt 21:12-13, 18-19 | Mr 11:1219 | ||
| 113 | The disciples observe the fig-tree withered away. | Mt 21:20-22 | Mr 11:20-26 | ||
| 114 | Jesus' discourse with the chief priests, scribes, and elders in the temple. | Mt 21:23-22:14 | Mr 11:27-12:12 | Lu 20:1-19 | |
| 115 | The Pharisees and Herodians. The Sadducees and one of the Pharisees, who was a scribe, question Jesus. Jesus questions the Pharisees. | Mt 22:15-46 | Mr 12:12-37 | Lu 20:20-40 | |
| 116 | Jesus, in the hearing of his disciples, and of the multitude, reproves the scribes and Pharisees to their face with a divine eloquence. | Mt 23:1-39 | Mr 12:38-40 | ||
| 117 | Jesus prefers the widow's offering to the gifts of the rich. | Mr 12:41-44 | Lu 21:1-4 | ||
| 118 | Jesus foretells the destruction of Jerusalem, and distinguishes it from the final judgment. | Mt 24:1-25:30 | Mr 13:1-37 | Lu 21:5-36 | |
| 119 | Picture of the final judgment. How Jesus employed himself during the week. | Mt 25:31-46 | |||
| 120 | The remaining transactions of the Tuesday preceding the crucifixion. | Mt 26:1-16 | Mr 14:1-11 | Lu 22:1-6 | |
| 121 | Jesus prepares to keep the passover. | Mt 26:17-19 | Mr 14:12-16 | Lu 22:7-13 | |
| 122 | Jesus sits down, with the twelve. There is an ambitious contention among the twelve. | Mt 26:20 | Mr 14:17 | Lu 22:14-18 | |
| 123 | Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. | Joh 13:1-20 | |||
| 124 | Jesus foretells that Judas would betray him. The conduct of the disciples, of Judas. | Mt 26:21-25 | Mr 14:18-21 | Lu 22:21-23 | Joh 13:21-35 |
| 125 | Jesus foretells to the apostles the fall of Peter and their common danger. | Joh 13:36-38 | |||
| 126 | Jesus institutes the breaking of bread in remembrance of his body broken. | Mt 26:26 | Mr 14:22 | Lu 22:19 | 1 Cor 11:23-24 |
| 127 | Jesus comforts his disciples. | Joh 14:1-31 | |||
| 128 | Jesus institutes the drinking of wine in remembrance of his blood shed. | Mt 26:27-29 | Mr 14:23-25 | Lu 22:20 | 1 Cor 11:25 |
| 129 | Jesus resumes his discourse to his disciples. | Joh 14:31-16:33 | |||
| 130 | Jesus' prayer. | Joh 17:1-26 | |||
| 131 | The agony of Jesus in Gethsemane. | Mt 26:30, 36-46 | Mr 14:26, 32-42 | Lu 22:39- 46 | Joh 18:1 |
| 132 | The betrayal of Jesus. | Joh 18:2-12 | |||
| 133 | Jesus is brought before Annas and Caiaphas. Peter denies him thrice. | Joh 18:13-18, 18: 24-27 | |||
| 134 | Jesus stands before Caiaphas, and then before the whole Jewish council. He confesses himself to be the Christ, and is pronounced guilty of death. | Joh 18:19-23 | |||
| 135 | Jesus is taken before Pilate. | Mt 27:1-14 | Mr 15:1-5 | Lu 23:1-5 | Joh 18:28-38 |
| 136 | Jesus is sent to Herod by Pilate; he is sent back by Herod. | Lu 23:6-12 | |||
| 137 | Pilate seeks to release Jesus. | Mt 27:15-23 | Mr 15:6-14 | Lu 23:13- 23 | Joh 18:39-40 |
| 138 | Pilate, having scourged Jesus, and having repeated his attempts to release him, delivered him to the clamors of the Jews to be crucified. | Mt 27:24-31 | Mr 15:15- 20 | Joh 19:1-16 | |
| 139 | Repentance and death of Judas. | Mt 27:3-10 | |||
| 140 | Leading forth and crucifixion of Jesus. | Mt 27:32-34 | Mr 15:21- 23 | Lu 23:21- 33 | Joh 19:17 |
| 141 | Transactions while Jesus was on the cross till he expired. | Mt 27:35-50 | Mr 15:24- 37 | Lu 23:33- 46 | Joh 19:18-30 |
| 142 | Transactions at Jesus' death. Who were present during the crucifixion. The remaining transactions of the day. | Mt 27:51-61 | Mr 15:38- 47 | Lu 23:45,4756 | |
| 143 | The transactions on the day after the crucifixion. | Mt 27:62-66 | |||
| 144 | The transactions on the day of the resurrection, before the women visit the sepulchre. | Mr 16:1 | |||
| 145 | The women visit the sepulchre the first time. | Mt 28:1,5-8 | Mr 16:2-8 | Lu 24:1-11 | Joh 20:1-2 |
| 146 | Peter and John visit the sepulchre. | Joh 20:3-10 | |||
| 147 | Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalene. | Joh 20:11-17 | |||
| 148 | Second appearance of Jesus. | Mt 28:9-10 | Mr 16:10- 11 | Joh 20:18 | |
| 149 | The watch report, and are bribed to silence. | Mt 28:11-15 | |||
| 150 | Jesus, having been seen by Peter, appears to the two disciples who went to Emmaus. | Mr 16:12-13 | Lu 24:13-35 | 1 Cor 15:5 | |
| 151 | Jesus appears to the apostles in the absence of Thomas. | 1 Cor 15:5 | Mr 16:14-18 | Joh 20:19-23 | |
| 152 | Jesus again appears to the apostles while Thomas is present. | Joh 20:24-29 | |||
| 153 | The apostles go into Galilee. Jesus appears at the sea of Tiberias. | Mt 28:17 | Joh 21:1-24 | ||
| 154 | The appearance of Jesus to his disciples in Galilee. | Mt 28:18-20 | |||
| 155 | Other appearances of Jesus. | 1 Cor 15:6-7 | Lu 24:50-53 | ||
| 156 | Ascension of Jesus. | Lu 24:50-53 |
