New to Faith

Four Witnesses

Each Gospel opens the same story differently — a genealogy, a shout in the wilderness, a careful investigation, a hymn before time. Read the four openings side by side and hear how one gospel speaks in four voices.

Begin the path

1
Matthew 1
A genealogy — the story planted in Israel’s soil.
2
Mark 1
No overture. A voice in the wilderness, and it begins.
3
Luke 1
A careful account — and the songs of Mary and Zechariah.
4
John 1
Before Bethlehem: in the beginning was the Word.