A Harmony of the Four Gospels: in which the Natural Order of Each is Preserved

The parables of the net cast into the sea, which gathered Sect.

fish of every kind and of the householder which brings
out of his treasury things new and old,

Jesus goes to Nazareth,

The twelve apostles are sent out in the country of Naza-

reth. See § 40. 80.

John Baptist is put to death by Herod the tatrarch, in the
city of Tiberias,

After the Baptist's death the apostles return to Capernaum,

where they find Jesus. He leaves Capernaum, and sails

with them over the lake to the desert of Bethsaida. Here

the people are fed by miracle the first time. See § 67.

The multitude propose to make Jesus a king. He persuades
them to depart, and orders his disciples to sail away be-
fore him. They are retarded by contrary winds. Jesus
walks upon the sea, draws nigh to their boat, and makes
Peter also to walk upon the sea.
They instantly arrive

at land,
Jesus goes into Capernaum. The sermon and conversation
in the synagogue there, occasioned by the miracle of the
loaves. During our Lord's stay in Capernaum, many
miraculous cures are received by touching his clothes,
Jesus leaves Capernaum, and goes up to the passover,

THIRD PASSOVER.

In Galilee, the Pharisees blame the disciples for eating with
unwashed hands. Jesus reproves the Pharisees for their
superstition,

Jesus, in the country of Tyre and Sidon, cures a Canaanitish
woman's daughter, who was vexed with a devil,

In Decapolis Jesus cures one who was deaf, and who had an

impediment in his speech,

The second miraculous dinner is given to eight thousand
people on a mountain near the sea of Galilee. See § 60.
After this Jesus goes away to Dalmanutha,

In Dalmanutha the Pharisees demand the sign from heaven
the second time. See § 48. 86. The sign of the prophet
Jonah promised the second time. See § 48. 86. Jesus
leaves Dalmanutha. In sailing across the lake, he cau-
tions his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and Sadducees,

Jesus lands at Bethsaida, and gives sight to a blind man near

that town,

Jesus makes a tour by land, and goes into the country of

Cæsarea Philippi. He bestows on Peter the power of

the

the keys, and foretels his own sufferings and resurrection

a second time. See § 20.72.

In the country of Cæsarea Philippi Jesus inculcates the
virtue of self-denial, See § 93, 105, and declares that he
will judge the world at the last day,

Jesus is transfigured upon an high mountain in the country

of Cæsarea Philippi, and foretels his own sufferings and

resurrection a third time. See § 70. 73.

In the country of Cæsarea Philippi Jesus cures a youth that
was afflicted with an epilepsy, declares the efficacy of
prayer and fasting in the working of miracles, and foretels
his own sufferings the fourth time, See § 72. 101. also his
resurrection the fourth time. See § 106.

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The didrachmas are paid in Capernaum. The disciples are

reproved for contending about the chief posts in the king-

dom. See § 106. 130. Of the evil and punishment of

offences. See § 97. The parable of the lost sheep deli-

vered the first time. See $94. The forgiveness of

injuries is enjoined. The parable of the servant debtors, 74

Jesus leaves Galilee and goes up to Jerusalem to the fourth

passover, by the way of Perea,

FOURTH PASSOVER.

Jesus goes up to Jerusalem, to celebrate the feast of Taber-

nacles. In the temple he preaches to a great concourse

of people. While he is preaching, the senate send their

officers to apprehend him: The officers, charmed with

his eloquence, go away without attempting to lay hands

on him. Jesus continues his discourse,

The woman that was caught committing adultery is placed

before Jesus in the temple,

The man that was born blind is sent by Jesus to wash in the

pool of Siloam, and there receives his sight. This mira-

cle makes a great noise in Jerusalem, and is examined by

the senate,

Jesus, in his way to the feast of Dedication, is refused lodg-

ing in a village of the Samaritans. The disciples desire

him to call fire down from heaven upon the Samaritans :

He rebukes the disciples for their wrathful spirit, and

goes to another village,

Jesus in his way to the feast of Dedication sends the seventy

disciples out the mean while he himself tarries in Sa-

maria,

The seventy disciples return, and give Jesus an account of

their success in working miracles,

In Samaria Jesus declares the means of obtaining eternal

life.

life. See § 105. 119. The parable of the good Sama- Sect.

ritan who took care of the wounded Jew whom he found

lying upon the road to Jericho,

Jesus lodges at Bethany with Martha and Mary, in his way

to the feast of Dedication,

At the feast of Dedication, Jesus meets with the man who
was born blind, whom he had cured at the preceding feast
of Tabernacles. See § 78. He leaves Jerusalem and goes
to Perea. His ministry in Perea begins. See § 98.

In Perea Jesus teaches his disciples to pray.

of the importunate friend,

The parable

His miracles

In Perea our Lord cures a dumb demoniac.

are ascribed to Beelzebub a third time. See § 36. 48.

The Pharisees a third time demand the sign from heaven.

See § 48. 68. The sign of the prophet Jonas is promised

a third time. See § 48. 68. The parable of the lighted

candle,

Jesus dines with Pharisees a second time. See § 43. 92. He

denounces heavy woes against the Scribes and Pharisees.

See § 121.

The charge to the multitude. The parables of the rich

glutton; of the servant that waited for the return of his

Lord; and of the two stewards,

The multitude is reproved for not discerning the times.

Galileans are slain by Pilate. The parable of the barren

fig-tree,

83.

The

In Perea the woman that was bowed down is cured.
parables of the grain of mustard seed, and of the leaven,
are delivered a second time. See52. 53.

Concerning the number of the saved. Jesus is desired to

leave Herod's dominions. He bewails Jerusalem the first

time. See 111.121.

Jesus dines with Pharisees the third time. See § 43. 87.

The parable of the marriage-supper. See § 110.

Self-denial is again iuculcated. See $71. The parables of

the rash builder and warrior, and of salt that has lost its

savour. See § 26.

43.87.

The parables of the lost sheep, See § 74. lost money, and

lost son,

.94

The parable of the steward who wasted his Lord's goods,

The Pharisees are rebuked. The parable of the rich man

and the beggar,

Concerning offences, and their forgiveness. See § 73. The

disciples desire Jesus to increase their faith,

Jesus is called into Judea to cure Lazarus. His ministry in

Perea ends. See § 84.

Ten lepers are cured by Jesus in Samaria: one of them,

who

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who was a Samaritan, returns after his cure, and gives

Jesus thanks for it,

Lazarus is raised from the dead at Bethany; after which Je-

sus goes to Ephraim, a city near the wilderness of Judea, 100

At Ephraim Jesus foretels the destruction of the Jewish

state the first time, See § 123. also his own sufferings

the fifth time, See § 73. 106. He delivers the parable

of the unjust judge and injured widow,

The parable of the Pharisee and the publican who went up

to the temple to pray,

The Pharisees ask Christ's opinion concerning divorces,

Jesus blesses little children,

Jesus leaves Ephraim. A young ruler desires to know what
he should do to inherit eternal life. See § 82. 119. The
difficulty of entering into the kingdom of heaven. The
promise of the thrones is made the first time. See § 130.
Self-denial is inculcated the third time. See § 71. 93.
The parable of the labourers in the vineyard,

Jesus foretels his own sufferings a sixth time. See § 101.

125. Also his resurrection a fifth time. See § 73. 131.

His disciples strive for the chief posts a second time. See
§ 74. 130. He inculcates the necessity of humility,
Jesus in his way to Jerusalem, cures two blind beggars
near the city of Jericho,

105

106

107

Jesus, in his journey from Jericho to Jerusalem, visits Zac-

cheus the publican,

108

The parable of the nobleman's servants,

109