Walking with Jesus: The Gospels, On Repeat, To Be Shaped Like Christ

John 20:11–21:25; Matthew 28:9–20Mary Magdalene stays behind at the empty tomb, weeping, until someone she takes for the gardener says her name. That evening, with the doors locked, Jesus stands among his disciples and says, peace be unto you — but Thomas wasn't there, and won't believe secondhand. A week later, he does. Later still, seven of them go fishing and catch nothing all night, until a stranger on the shore fills their net — and on the beach, over a charcoal fire, Jesus asks Peter the same question three times, and gives him work to do for the rest of his life. On a mountain in Galilee, Jesus gives his eleven remaining disciples their final instructions, and John tells us plainly why he wrote all of this down.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 20:11–21:25; Matthew 28:9–20 (the appearances to Mary Magdalene, the disciples, and Thomas, the miraculous catch of fish, the restoration of Peter, and the Great Commission — the concluding episode of Season Two).

Matthew 27:48–66; John 19:28–20:2Jesus speaks two more times from the cross — and the second time, his work is done. The earth itself seems to answer as he gives up his spirit, and a soldier pierces his side to confirm he's already dead. Joseph of Arimathaea asks Pilate for the body and lays Jesus in a new tomb before nightfall, and the chief priests, remembering Jesus once said he would rise again, ask for a guard to be posted. As the first day of the week dawns, the women come to the tomb and find the stone already rolled away.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 27:48–66; John 19:28–20:2 ("It is finished," the death of Jesus, the piercing of his side, the burial, the guard at the tomb, and the discovery of the empty tomb).

John 19:4–15; Matthew 27:24–47; John 19:16–24Pilate brings Jesus before the crowd one more time, looking for any way to let him go, before finally washing his hands of the matter. Jesus is led away carrying his own cross, until a man named Simon is pulled from the crowd to carry it for him. At a place called Golgotha, he's crucified between two others, a sign naming the charge against him fastened above his head, while those passing by hurl insults at all three men. At noon, darkness falls over the whole land.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 19:4–15; Matthew 27:24–47; John 19:16–24 (Pilate's final attempt to release Jesus, the crucifixion, the notice above his head, and the darkness over the land).

Matthew 26:69–27:26; John 18:25–19:3Twice more, Peter is asked if he knows Jesus, and twice more he says no, before the rooster crows. As morning comes, the Sanhedrin formally condemns Jesus, and Judas, overcome with remorse, tries to undo what he's already done. Jesus is handed to Pontius Pilate, who can find no fault in him but offers the crowd a choice anyway — Jesus, or a convicted criminal named Barabbas. When Pilate asks what he should do with Jesus, the crowd gives him an answer he can't ignore, and Roman soldiers mock their prisoner with a crown of thorns.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 26:69–27:26; John 18:25–19:3 (Peter's remaining denials, the Sanhedrin's condemnation, Judas's suicide, the trial before Pilate, and the choice of Barabbas).

John 17:1–26; Matthew 26:36–68; John 18:1–24Before leaving the upper room, Jesus lifts his eyes to heaven and prays — for himself, for his disciples, and for everyone who will one day believe because of them. Then, in a garden called Gethsemane, he prays in agony while his closest friends can't stay awake, before Judas arrives with an armed crowd and a kiss. He's taken first to Annas, then to Caiaphas and the whole council, while Peter follows at a distance and warms himself by a fire in the courtyard below — the first of three times that night he'll deny knowing Jesus at all.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 17:1–26; Matthew 26:36–68; John 18:1–24 (the High Priestly Prayer, Gethsemane, the betrayal and arrest, and the trials before Annas and Caiaphas).

John 14:15–16:33; Matthew 26:30–35Still at the table, Jesus promises his troubled disciples a Helper who will never leave them. Walking out toward the Mount of Olives, he compares himself to a vine and his disciples to the branches, warning them that the same hatred the world has shown him will fall on them too — before telling them plainly that their grief is only for a little while, because he has already overcome the world.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 14:15–16:33; Matthew 26:30–35 (the promise of the Holy Spirit, "I am the true vine," and Jesus' final words to his disciples before Gethsemane — closing Week Four).

Matthew 25:31–26:29; John 13:1–14:14Jesus closes his teaching with a picture of final judgment, then tells his disciples plainly, two days before Passover, that he will be crucified — even as Judas is already on his way to the chief priests. That evening, at the table, Jesus gets up, takes a towel, and washes his disciples' feet, then tells them one of them will betray him before the night is out. After Judas slips into the darkness, Jesus gives the rest of them a new commandment to love one another, takes bread and wine and gives them a meaning they won't fully grasp until later, and tells a shaken Peter exactly how his promise of loyalty will fail before morning.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 25:31–26:29; John 13:1–14:14 (the third prediction of his death, the foot washing, the identification of the betrayer, the Lord's Supper, and "I am the way, the truth, and the life").

Matthew 24:1–25:30Leaving the temple, Jesus tells his disciples that not one stone will be left on another — and when they ask him privately when that will happen, he describes wars, false prophets, and signs in the sky, warning them to stay watchful because no one knows the day or the hour. He tells two parables to drive the point home: ten bridesmaids waiting for a bridegroom, only half of them ready when he finally comes, and a master who entrusts his servants with money before a long journey and calls them to account when he returns.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 24:1–25:30 (the Olivet Discourse, the Parable of the Ten Virgins, and the Parable of the Talents).

Matthew 22:34–23:39; John 12:20–50A lawyer asks Jesus which commandment is greatest, and Jesus turns a question of his own back on the Pharisees that leaves them with nothing to say. Then, in the hearing of the crowds, he pronounces a series of woes against the scribes and Pharisees' hypocrisy, closing with a lament over the city of Jerusalem itself. Some Greeks at the feast send word that they'd like to see him, and his answer turns toward the death waiting for him in just a few days — the last public words Jesus speaks in the Gospel of John.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 22:34–23:39; John 12:20–50 (the Greatest Commandment, the Seven Woes, and Jesus' final public teaching).

Matthew 21:1–22:33; John 12:12–19Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a donkey's colt, and the crowds greet him with shouts of Hosanna, spreading their cloaks and palm branches in the road. The next morning, he curses a fig tree with no fruit and clears the temple courts for the second time in this harmony, even as children keep crying out the same praise that unsettled the chief priests the day before. When the religious leaders demand to know by what authority he's doing all this, he answers with three parables — about two sons, wicked tenants, and a wedding banquet no one wants to attend — before Pharisees and Sadducees take turns trying to trap him with questions about taxes and resurrection.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 21:1–22:33; John 12:12–19 (the Triumphal Entry, the cleansing of the temple, three parables of judgment, and questions about taxes and the resurrection).

John 11:17–12:11; Matthew 20:17–34; 26:6–13Jesus arrives in Bethany four days after Lazarus died — too late, by every human measure — and does something no one there has ever seen. On the road up to Jerusalem, he tells the twelve plainly, for the third time, exactly what waits for him in the city, while the mother of two disciples asks him for a favor that shows how little they've understood. Leaving Jericho, two blind men refuse to be silenced until Jesus stops and heals them. As Passover approaches and the chief priests plot his arrest, Jesus returns to Bethany for a dinner, where a woman does something extravagant that not everyone at the table approves of.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 11:17–12:11; Matthew 20:17–34; 26:6–13 (the raising of Lazarus, the third prediction of his death, blind Bartimaeus, and the anointing at Bethany — the concluding episode of Week Three).

Matthew 19:1–20:16; John 10:40–11:16Jesus leaves Galilee for the last time and crosses beyond the Jordan, where the crowds find him again. Pharisees test him with a question about divorce, and he points them back to the beginning of creation. Parents bring their children for a blessing, and when the disciples try to turn them away, Jesus tells them to let the children come. A rich young man asks what good thing he must do to inherit eternal life, and walks away sorrowful when Jesus tells him to sell everything he has — leaving the disciples to ask who, then, can possibly be saved. Jesus tells a hard parable about a landowner who pays every worker the same wage no matter how long they labored. Then word reaches him that his friend Lazarus, in Bethany, is sick — and he waits two more days before doing anything about it.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 19:1–20:16; John 10:40–11:16 (teaching on divorce, the rich young man, the workers in the vineyard, and the news of Lazarus' illness).

John 9:1–10:39; Matthew 11:20–30Jesus heals a man who has been blind from birth, and the healing itself becomes more controversial than the blindness ever was, as the Pharisees interrogate the man, his parents, and finally throw him out of the synagogue. Jesus finds him afterward and tells the Pharisees who are listening that he is the good shepherd, who lays down his life for the sheep — a shepherd the sheep actually know, unlike a hired hand who runs at the first sign of danger. Jesus pronounces judgment on towns that saw his miracles and still wouldn't repent, then offers rest to anyone weary enough to come to him. Months later, at the winter Feast of Dedication, the crowd surrounds him in the temple and demands a straight answer.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 9:1–10:39; Matthew 11:20–30 ("once I was blind, now I see," the Good Shepherd, and the Feast of Dedication).

John 7:53–8:59Scribes and Pharisees drag a woman caught in adultery before Jesus, testing him with a question about the law of Moses — and he stoops down to write in the dust before answering. Still in the temple, Jesus tells the crowd that he is the light of the world, and the conversation that follows grows sharper with every exchange, as he tells them the truth will set them free, and makes a claim about himself that leaves some of them reaching for stones.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 7:53–8:59 (the woman caught in adultery and Jesus' extended teaching in the temple, including "I am the light of the world" and "before Abraham was, I am").

Matthew 18:1–35; John 7:2–52Jesus calls a small child to stand among his disciples and tells them that whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven — then teaches them how to handle a brother who sins, and how many times to forgive. As the Feast of Tabernacles approaches, his own brothers don't believe in him, so he goes up to Jerusalem quietly. Halfway through the feast, he begins teaching openly in the temple, and the crowd can't agree on who he is — some call him a good man, others say he deceives the people, and the officers sent to arrest him come back empty-handed.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 18:1–35; John 7:2–52 (teaching on humility and forgiveness, the parable of the unmerciful servant, and controversy at the Feast of Tabernacles).

Matthew 15:21–17:27A Canaanite woman's persistent faith wins her daughter's healing, and Jesus feeds a crowd of four thousand for the second time. When religious leaders demand a miraculous sign, he refuses, and warns his disciples about a kind of leaven far more dangerous than yeast. At Caesarea Philippi, he asks the question this whole Gospel has been building toward — who do you say that I am? — and Peter's answer becomes the rock on which everything else stands. Six days later, on a mountain, Peter, James, and John watch Jesus transfigured before their eyes, talking with Moses and Elijah, before coming back down to a father whose son needed healing the other disciples couldn't provide.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 15:21–17:27 (the Canaanite woman, the Feeding of the Four Thousand, Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi, the Transfiguration, and the coin in the fish's mouth).

John 6:14–15; Matthew 14:22–36; John 6:16–71; Matthew 15:1–20Astonished by the miracle they've just seen, the crowd is ready to force Jesus to be their king right there on the spot. Instead, he sends them away and climbs a mountain alone to pray, while his disciples row out into a night that turns rough — until they see him walking toward them on the water itself. The next day, the crowd catches up on the far shore, and Jesus tells them plainly that he himself is the bread of life come down from heaven, a teaching so hard that many who had followed him turn back. When Pharisees from Jerusalem confront him about unwashed hands, he tells them what actually makes a person clean or unclean has nothing to do with soap and water.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 6:14–15; Matthew 14:22–36; John 6:16–71; Matthew 15:1–20 (Jesus walking on water, the Bread of Life discourse, and true versus ceremonial defilement).

Matthew 9:27–34; 13:54–58; 9:35–11:1; 14:1–21; John 6:1–13Two blind men and a mute man are healed, and Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth, where the people can't see past the boy they remember. Moved by the crowds like sheep without a shepherd, he calls his twelve disciples together and sends them out with authority to heal and instructions on how to carry it. Word reaches Herod's court that a prophet has been executed — the very man whose head was given to a dancing girl on a platter. Grieving, Jesus withdraws by boat to a quiet place, but the crowds find him anyway, and by evening, both Matthew and John tell of the day he fed five thousand people from five loaves and two fish.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 9:27–34; 13:54–58; 9:35–11:1; 14:1–21; John 6:1–13 (healing miracles, the rejection at Nazareth, the sending of the Twelve, the death of John the Baptist, and the Feeding of the Five Thousand).

Matthew 13:1–53; 8:18–34; 9:18–26Sitting in a boat just offshore, Jesus teaches the crowds in parable after parable about what the kingdom of heaven is really like — a sower, a mustard seed, a hidden treasure, a net full of fish. When two men offer to follow him, his answers cost them more than they expected. That night, a storm nearly swamps the boat while Jesus sleeps, and on the far shore, two demon-possessed men meet him among the tombs. Back in Galilee, a synagogue ruler begs him to heal his dying daughter, and on the way, a woman who has suffered for twelve years reaches out just to touch the edge of his robe.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 13:1–53; 8:18–34; 9:18–26 (the Parables of the Kingdom, the calming of the storm, the Gadarene demoniacs, and the raising of Jairus' daughter).

Matthew 7:1–29; 8:5–13; 11:2–19; 12:22–50Jesus finishes the sermon he began on the mountainside, then heals a Roman centurion's servant from a distance and tells him no one in Israel has shown such faith. From a prison cell, John the Baptist sends his own disciples to ask if Jesus is really the one they've been waiting for. Accused of casting out demons by the devil's own power, Jesus answers with a warning about the sin that can never be forgiven — and when his own mother and brothers come looking for him, he redefines what family really means.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 7:1–29; 8:5–13; 11:2–19; 12:22–50 (the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, the centurion's servant, John the Baptist's question, and controversies over Jesus' authority).

Matthew 5:1–6:34Seeing the crowds, Jesus goes up a mountainside and, for the first time in this harmony, sits down to teach at length. He opens with a list of blessings that turn the world's expectations upside down, then calls his followers salt and light before turning to the law itself — anger, lust, oaths, retaliation, and love for one's enemies. He teaches them how to give, pray, and fast without putting on a show, warns against storing up treasure on earth, and tells them not to worry about tomorrow, trusting a Father who already knows what they need.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 5:1–6:34 (the Sermon on the Mount, part one — the Beatitudes, salt and light, the fulfillment of the law, and teaching on prayer, fasting, treasure, and worry).

Matthew 9:9–17; John 5:1–47; Matthew 12:1–21Jesus calls a tax collector named Matthew away from his booth and eats with him and his friends, prompting questions about why his disciples don't fast like John's do. In Jerusalem for a feast, he heals a man who has waited thirty-eight years beside the pool of Bethesda — on the Sabbath, drawing open hostility from the religious leaders for the first time. Back in Galilee, his hungry disciples pick grain as they walk through a field on the Sabbath, and he heals a man's withered hand in the synagogue that same day, standing his ground each time on what the Sabbath is really for.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 9:9–17, John 5:1–47, Matthew 12:1–21 (the calling of Matthew, healing at the pool of Bethesda, and two Sabbath controversies).

John 3:25–4:54; Matthew 4:12–25; 8:1–4, 14–17; 9:1–8A dispute over purification sends John's disciples to him one last time, and he points to Jesus again before stepping off the stage of this story. Word reaches Jesus that John has been arrested, and he leaves Judea for Galilee, resting at a well in Samaria along the way, where a woman he's never met recognizes him as the Christ. Back in Galilee, a royal official begs him to heal his dying son, and Jesus settles in Capernaum, calling two pairs of fishermen brothers away from their nets. He heals Peter's mother-in-law of a fever, cleanses a leper with a touch, and heals a paralyzed man lowered through a roof, his fame spreading through the whole region.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 3:25–4:54, Matthew 4:12–25, 8:1–4, 14–17, 9:1–8 (John's final testimony, the woman at the well, the calling of the first fishermen, and a series of early Galilean healings).

Matthew 4:1–11; John 1:19–3:24Fresh from his baptism, Jesus fasts forty days in the wilderness before the devil comes to tempt him. Meanwhile, John the Baptist tells the priests who he is not, then points out who Jesus is — the Lamb of God. Two of John's own followers leave to follow Jesus instead, and word spreads quickly through Galilee. At a wedding in Cana, Jesus turns water into wine, his first public sign, before traveling to Jerusalem for the Passover, where he drives the money-changers from the temple courts. That night, a Pharisee named Nicodemus comes to him in secret, and Jesus tells him that no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 4:1–11, John 1:19–3:24 (the Temptation, John the Baptist's testimony, the first disciples, the wedding at Cana, the cleansing of the temple, and Nicodemus).

John 1:1–18; Matthew 1:1–3:17Before Matthew's own account begins, John reaches back to the very beginning, introducing Jesus as the eternal Word who became flesh. Matthew then traces Jesus' ancestry through forty-two generations, from Abraham through King David, before an angel appears to Joseph in a dream to explain Mary's unexpected pregnancy. Wise men from the East follow a star to Bethlehem, prompting Herod's murderous rage and a hurried flight to Egypt. Years later, back in Nazareth, a wilderness preacher named John begins baptizing crowds by the Jordan — until, one day, Jesus himself wades in to be baptized.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 1:1–18, Matthew 1:1–3:17 (the Prologue, the genealogy and birth of Jesus, the flight to Egypt, the return to Nazareth, John the Baptist's ministry, and the baptism of Jesus).

John 20:1–21:25; Mark 16:19–20Mary Magdalene finds the tomb empty and is the first to see the risen Jesus, though at first she mistakes him for the gardener. That evening, Jesus stands among his disciples behind locked doors, and a week later convinces a stubborn Thomas that he is truly alive. Back in Galilee, seven of them fish all night and catch nothing, until a stranger on the shore fills their net and cooks them breakfast over a charcoal fire. There, Jesus asks Peter three times if he loves him, restores him completely, and gives him work to do for the rest of his life — before, in Mark's own words, being taken up into heaven at last.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 20:1–21:25, Mark 16:19–20 (the empty tomb, the appearances to Mary Magdalene, the disciples, and Thomas, the miraculous catch of fish, the restoration of Peter, and the Ascension — the concluding episode of Season One).

Mark 15:21–47; John 19:17–42; Mark 16:1–20Simon of Cyrene is pulled from the crowd to carry the cross, and Jesus is crucified between two thieves at a place called Golgotha. From the cross, he entrusts his mother to the care of the disciple he loved, cries out in anguish, and finally declares his work complete before breathing his last. Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus lay his body in a new tomb — and on the first day of the week, the stone is already rolled away, and Jesus is already alive.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 15:21–47, John 19:17–42, Mark 16:1–20 (the crucifixion, the death of Jesus, both burial accounts, the empty tomb, and the resurrection appearances).

John 18:1–27; Mark 15:1–20; John 18:28–40; John 19:1–16Jesus is bound and passed between two trials — first before Annas and the Jewish council, where Peter denies him a third time by a charcoal fire, then before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who can find no fault in him but hands him over anyway. Given a choice between releasing Jesus or a convicted murderer named Barabbas, the crowd chooses Barabbas. Pilate has Jesus scourged and mocked with a crown of thorns, then presents him to the crowd one final time before giving in to their demand.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 18:1–27, Mark 15:1–20, John 18:28–40, John 19:1–16 (the arrest, the trials before Annas and Pilate, Peter's denials, the choice of Barabbas, and the scourging and mockery of Jesus).

John 17:1–26; Mark 14:26–72Before leaving the upper room, Jesus lifts his eyes to heaven and prays — for himself, for his disciples, and for everyone who will one day believe because of them. Then, in a garden called Gethsemane, he prays in agony while his closest friends can't stay awake, before Judas arrives with an armed crowd and a kiss. By midnight he's standing before the high priest and the whole council, while Peter, warming himself by a fire in the courtyard below, denies him three times before the rooster crows.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 17:1–26, Mark 14:26–72 (the High Priestly Prayer, Gethsemane, the betrayal and arrest, the trial before the Sanhedrin, and Peter's three denials).

John 14:1–16:33Still in the upper room after the Passover meal, Jesus tells his troubled disciples where he's going and how they can follow, promising a Helper who will never leave them. Walking out toward the Mount of Olives, he compares himself to a vine and warns them that the same hatred aimed at him will fall on them too. Before the night is over, he tells them plainly that their grief is only for a little while — and that he has already overcome the world.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 14:1–16:33 (the Upper Room Discourse — Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the promise of the Comforter, the True Vine, and the world's coming hatred and Christ's peace).

John 12:20–50; John 13:1–38; Mark 14:12–25Some Greeks come looking for Jesus at the feast, and his answer — a grain of wheat must fall into the ground and die to bear fruit — marks the end of his public teaching. That evening, in an upper room, he ties a towel around his waist and washes the feet of the very men who will scatter within hours, including the one who will betray him before the night is through. Then, breaking bread and passing a cup around the table, he gives his disciples something to hold onto long after he's gone — a meal to remember him by, again and again, for as long as they live.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 12:20–50, John 13:1–38, Mark 14:12–25 (the close of Jesus' public ministry, the washing of the disciples' feet, and the institution of the Lord's Supper).

Mark 12:1–44; Mark 13:1–37Back in the temple courts, the religious leaders come at Jesus in waves, each hoping to trap him in his own words — a parable about tenants who kill the landowner's son, a loaded question about paying taxes to Caesar, a trick scenario about resurrection and marriage, and finally, sincerely this time, a question about which commandment matters most. He answers every one, then watches a poor widow drop two small coins into the treasury and calls it the largest gift given that day. Leaving the temple, his disciples marvel at its massive stones — and Jesus tells them not one of those stones will be left standing on another, launching into a long, sobering picture of wars, persecution, and a day known only to the Father.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 12:1–44, Mark 13:1–37 (the parable of the tenants, questions about taxes, resurrection, and the greatest commandment, the widow's mite, and the Olivet Discourse).

Mark 10:32–52; John 12:1–11; Mark 11:1–33; John 12:12–19On the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus tells his disciples plainly what awaits him there, while James and John are still angling for the best seats in his kingdom. Outside Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus refuses to be quieted and gets his sight back for his persistence. Six days before the Passover, Mary of Bethany empties a jar of costly perfume over Jesus' feet, filling the house with its fragrance while Judas objects. Then, at last, the crowds gather, palm branches wave, and Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a colt to shouts of "Hosanna" — a welcome that curdles by week's end. By Monday, he's overturned the money-changers' tables and cursed a fig tree that will be found withered by morning.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 10:32–52, John 12:1–11, Mark 11:1–33, John 12:12–19 (Bartimaeus healed at Jericho, the anointing at Bethany, the Triumphal Entry, the cleansing of the temple, and the cursed fig tree).

Mark 10:1–31; John 11:1–57In Perea, Jesus is tested on divorce, blesses the children brought to him despite his disciples' objections, and watches a rich young man walk away sorrowful rather than sell everything he owns. Then word arrives that Lazarus, a dear friend in Bethany, is deathly ill. Jesus waits two full days before setting out — and by the time he arrives, Lazarus has been in the tomb four days already. Martha meets him on the road with grief and faith tangled together, Mary falls at his feet in tears, and Jesus himself weeps. Then, standing before a sealed tomb, he calls a dead man by name — and Lazarus walks out, still wrapped in his grave clothes.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 10:1–31, John 11:1–57 (teaching on divorce, blessing the children, the rich young man, and the raising of Lazarus).

John 9:1–42; John 10:1–42A man born blind is healed on the Sabbath, and the celebration is short-lived — the Pharisees interrogate him, then throw him out of the synagogue for defending the man who healed him. Jesus finds him afterward, alone, and gives him something greater than sight. From there, Jesus paints a picture of a shepherd who calls his sheep by name, who lays down his life for them rather than fleeing like a hired hand, and who has other sheep not yet gathered into the fold. Months later, at the Feast of Dedication, the same argument resurfaces — is he the Christ, or is he blaspheming? — and Jesus makes one of the clearest claims of his ministry: he and the Father are one.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 9:1–42, John 10:1–42 (the healing of the man born blind, his interrogation and expulsion from the synagogue, the Good Shepherd discourse, and the Feast of Dedication).

John 7:1–8:59. Jesus' own brothers push him toward the Feast of Tabernacles, certain he should make a public show of himself — and he goes up to Jerusalem in secret instead. Once there, the city can't stop arguing about who he is. A woman is dragged before him by accusers who quietly walk away one by one. And by the time the debate reaches its peak, Jesus makes a claim about his own identity so bold the crowd reaches for stones.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 7:1–8:59 (Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, teaching in the temple, the invitation on the last day of the feast, the woman caught in adultery, Jesus as the Light of the World, and his declaration "before Abraham was, I am").

Mark 8:31–9:50. For the first time, Jesus tells his disciples plainly what's coming — and Peter can't accept it. Six days later, three of them follow him up a mountain and watch him transformed before their eyes, standing beside Moses and Elijah. But coming back down, they find a father whose son they couldn't heal, and a hard lesson still waiting about who among them is greatest.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 8:31–9:50 (Jesus predicts his death, the Transfiguration, healing a boy with an evil spirit, a second prediction of his death, the dispute over who is greatest, and teaching on salt and peace).

Mark 7:1–8:30. The Pharisees have a complaint about unwashed hands, and Jesus has a much bigger one about what actually makes a person unclean. Then he crosses into foreign territory, where a mother's persistence wins a miracle for her daughter, and a deaf man hears his own voice for the first time. A second crowd is fed, a sign is refused, and at Caesarea Philippi, Jesus finally asks his disciples the question that's been building since chapter one: who do you say that I am?We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 7:1–8:30 (traditions of the elders, the Syrophenician woman, healing a deaf man, feeding the four thousand, the Pharisees' demand for a sign, healing a blind man at Bethsaida, and Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi).

John 6:1–71. Five loaves and two fish should not be enough for five thousand people — until they are. That night, the disciples cross the sea without him, and find him walking toward their boat on the water. By morning, the crowd is hungry again, but this time Jesus offers them something they don't expect, and it costs him almost every follower he has.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 6:1–71 (the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus walking on water, the Bread of Life discourse, and many disciples turning back).

Mark 4:35–6:29A storm rises without warning on the Sea of Galilee, and the disciples find Jesus still asleep in the boat. On the far shore, a man tormented by more spirits than he can count meets them among the tombs. A synagogue ruler begs for his dying daughter, and a woman who has suffered for twelve years reaches for the hem of a robe. And back in Herod's court, a request made at a birthday feast will cost John the Baptist his life.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Mark 4:35–6:29 (the calming of the storm, the Gerasene demoniac, Jairus' daughter and the woman healed, rejection at Nazareth, the sending of the twelve, and the death of John the Baptist).

Mark 2:23–4:34Twice in one day, the Sabbath becomes a battleground — first over a handful of grain picked in a field, then over a withered hand healed in the synagogue — and the question of who the Sabbath is actually for hangs in the air. As crowds grow too large to manage, Jesus climbs a mountain and comes back down with twelve men who will carry everything forward after him. Religious leaders from Jerusalem accuse him of working for the devil himself, and his own family arrives, worried he’s lost his mind. By the time evening falls, he’s sitting in a boat just off the shore, telling stories about seeds, soil, and a kingdom that grows in ways no one can fully explain.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today’s episode covers: Mark 2:23–4:34 (Sabbath controversies in the grainfield and synagogue, the choosing of the twelve apostles, accusations of demonic power, and the parables of the sower, the lamp, the growing seed, and the mustard seed).

Mark 1:39–2:22, John 5:1–47A leper kneels in the road and asks for the one thing no one can give him — to be made clean — and Jesus reaches out and touches him anyway. Back in Capernaum, four friends refuse to take no for an answer, tearing open a roof to lower a paralyzed man into a crowded room, and Jesus responds with words that stop the religious leaders cold: your sins are forgiven. A tax collector gets an unlikely dinner invitation, and questions about fasting reveal a bridegroom hiding in plain sight. Then in Jerusalem, at a pool surrounded by the sick and hopeless, a thirty-eight-year healing collides with a Sabbath law — and a claim about the Father that will follow Jesus for the rest of his ministry.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today’s episode covers: Mark 1:39–2:22; John 5:1–47 (healing a leper, the paralytic lowered through the roof, the call of Levi, questions about fasting, and healing at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath).

John 4:4–54, Mark 1:14–38A Samaritan woman comes to draw water at noon, alone — and leaves her water jar behind to tell the whole town about a stranger who knew everything she’d ever done. Two days later, a Galilean nobleman begs Jesus to save his dying son, and receives nothing but a promise spoken from a distance. Back on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, four fishermen drop their nets at a single word, and by sundown in Capernaum, a synagogue, a sickbed, and a solitary hillside before dawn will each reveal something different about who this man really is.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today’s episode covers: John 4:4–54; Mark 1:14–38 (the Samaritan woman at the well, healing the nobleman’s son, the call of the first disciples, and a full day of ministry in Capernaum).

John 2:13–4:3, Mark 1:14A whip of cords, overturned tables, and a claim so audacious it will be twisted into evidence three years later: destroy this temple, and I will raise it in three days. That night — or one very like it — a Pharisee named Nicodemus comes looking for answers under cover of darkness, and hears that he must be born again. Not far away, two rival crowds gather at two different stretches of the Jordan, each baptizing, each wondering which teacher matters more. Then word arrives from the wilderness: the voice crying out there has gone silent, thrown into a prison cell — and Jesus turns north.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today’s episode covers: John 2:13–3:36; Mark 1:14a; John 4:1–3 (the temple cleansed at Passover, Nicodemus and the new birth, John the Baptist’s final testimony, and the journey back to Galilee after John’s imprisonment).

John 1:1–2:12, Mark 1:2–13"In the beginning was the Word." Before Bethlehem, before the manger, John takes us further back than any other Gospel dares — to eternity itself, and the Word who was with God, and was God. Then Mark picks up the thread on the ground: a voice crying in the wilderness, and the first steps of a ministry that will change everything.We are in a Mark-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 1 (the Word made flesh) + Mark 1 opening material.

Revelation 3:20 tells us that Jesus stands at the door and knocks. There are many ways to let Him in, but too often we don't make consistent time for the most important voice in Scripture. That's where Walking with Jesus comes in — it isn't deep Bible study, and it isn't preaching. It delivers real nearness to Christ, heard in His own words, day after day, until it stops feeling like a discipline and starts feeling like who you are. Here's how: fifteen minutes a day, five days a week, straight from the beautiful King James Version. The daily episodes stay close to His own words — no commentary standing between you and Christ, just a little context to help you follow along. Scroll to the oldest episode in this feed, press play, and start your walk with Jesus today.