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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