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Mark


The Temptations of Christ by Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder
Achrome with Bread Rolls by Piero Manzoni
The Temptation of Christ (Chapel 13) by Jean de Wespin

The Temptation of Christ

Matthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:12–13; Luke 4:1–13

Jesus Healing the Paralytic at Capernaum by unknown artist
The Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof to Christ (Verlamde door het dak naar Christus neergelaten) by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg
The Paralytic Being Let into the Top of the House on his Bed by Stanley Spencer

The Healing of the Paralysed Man

Matthew 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:17–26

The Calling of Saint Matthew by Marinus van Reymerswaele
The Calling of Saint Matthew by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Portrait of Matthew the Evangelist, and The Calling of Matthew, illustrating an extract from Matthew’s Gospel in a Book of Hours (Use of Bourges) by Maître François

The Calling of Matthew

Matthew 9:9–13; Mark 2:13–17; Luke 5:27–28

Supermarket No. 1 by Ben Shahn
Handball by Ben Shahn
Wheat Field by Ben Shahn

Plucking Grain on the Sabbath

Matthew 12:1–8; Mark 2:23–28; Luke 6:1–5

Cognacio (Spiritual kinship), from Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio) by James le Palmer
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent
The Holy Kinship by Unknown artist, South Germany

Who are my Mother and my Brothers?

Matthew 12:46–50; Mark 3:31–35; Luke 8:19–21

The Sower by Vincent van Gogh
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The Parable of the Sower

Matthew 13:1–23; Mark 4:1–20; Luke 8:4–15

The Calming of the Storm; the Devils are cast out and enter the Gadarene Swine, who are then drowned, from the 'Holkham Bible Picture Book' by Unknown English artist
Calming the Storm (Triptych), from Sarmaya commission Issanama by Paul Abraham in collaboration with Manish Soni
Christ Asleep during the Tempest by Eugène Delacroix

Calming the Storm

Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25

Healing of the Possessed Man of Gerasa, from Magdeburg Ivory panels by Unknown artist [Milanese?]
Healing of the Possessed Man of Gerasa by Paul Bril
The Exorcist by Luc Tuymans

The Gerasene Demoniac

Matthew 8:28–34; Mark 5:1–20; Luke 8:26–39

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The Woman with the Issue of Blood

Matthew 9:20–22; Mark 5:24b–34; Luke 8:42b–48

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Open to the Unexpected

Matthew 13:53–58; Mark 6:1–6; Luke 4:16–30

Head of John the Baptist by Unknown artist, Southern Netherlands [?]
Can You Hear Me? by Nalini Malani
The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod by Giovanni di Paolo

The Beheading of the Baptist

Matthew 14:1–12; Mark 6:14–29; Luke 9:7–9

Salome's dance; the death of St John the Baptist, from the 'Holkham Bible Picture Book' by Unknown English artist
Salome Dancing for Herod by Hans Horions
Costume Design for Oscar Wilde’s Salome by Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster

Salome’s Dance

Matthew 14:6–11; Mark 6:21–28

Jesus and Peter on the Water by Paula Jordan
Christ Walking on the Water (Calling of Saint Peter) by Philipp Otto Runge
The Drowning Dog by Francisco de Goya

Walking on the Water

Matthew 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–52; John 6:16–21

The Carrying of the Cross by Simone Martini
Second Station. Part of The Stations of the Cross / Lema Sabachthani (series) by Barnett Newman
Christ Carrying the Cross by Jan van Hemessen

Forfeit and Gain

Matthew 16:24–28; Mark 8:34–9:1; Luke 9:23–27

The Transfiguration by Theophanes the Greek and workshop
"monument" for V. Tatlin by Dan Flavin
Transfiguration (Cell 6) by Fra Angelico

The Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1–8; Mark 9:2–8; Luke 9:28–36

The Worm that Sleepeth Not by Unknown artist
Icon with St Sisoes and the Skeleton of Alexander the Great by Unknown artist
Orange and Red on Red by Mark Rothko

The Road to Oblivion

Mark 9:42–48

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The Rich Young Man

Matthew 19:16–30; Mark 10:17–31; Luke 18:18–30

Entry into Jerusalem, from T'oros Roslin Gospels by T'oros Ṙoslin
Entry to Jerusalem, from the Kebran Gospels by Unknown Ethiopian artist
The Entry into Jerusalem by Unknown artist, Egypt

Christ’s Triumphal Entry

Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–40; John 12:12–19

7th Station of the Cross: The Land Question by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
The Wicked Tenants, from the Codex aureus Epternacensis by Unknown artist
The Wicked Husbandmen (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ) by Brothers Dalziel, after John Everett Millais

The Wicked Tenants

Matthew 21:33–46; Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–19

The Widow’s Offering, from an Arabic manuscript of the Gospels by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib
The Widow's Mite Behind the Soldier's Might⁠—A Liberty Bond by Unknown American artist
The Widow's Mite (Le denier de la veuve) by James Tissot

Widow’s Mite

Mark 12:38–44; Luke 20:45–21:4

'Klimt, Freedom Graffiti', from the Syrian Museum series by Tammam Azzam
The Temple Within by Steven Cogle
Victory in Iraq by Thornton Dial

Keep Awake

Matthew 24:1–36, 42–44; Mark 13; Luke 21:5–38

The Last Supper, from the Maestà by Duccio
Iscariot Blues by Chris Ofili
The Upper Room by Chris Ofili

The Apostle Judas

Matthew 26:20–25; Mark 14:17–21; Luke 22:14, 21–27; John 13:21–30

The Institution of the Eucharist by Ercole de' Roberti
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper by Sadao Watanabe

The Last Supper

Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:15–20

The Betrayal of Christ by Anthony van Dyck
The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe) by René Magritte
The Betrayal of Christ by Unknown Byzantine artist

The Betrayal of Christ

Matthew 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–52; Luke 22:47–53; John 18:1–11

Vinicius Silva de Almeida [Vinicius S.A] by Rembrandt van Rijn
Tears of Saint Peter (Lagrimas de São Pedro) by Vinicius Silva de Almeida [Vinicius S.A]
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Peter’s Denial of Christ

Matthew 26:69–75; Mark 14:66–72; Luke 22:54–62; John 18:15–18, 25–27

The Crowning with Thorns by Anthony van Dyck
Crown of Thorns by Marcos del Carpio [attrib.]
Christ Bound and Crowned with Thorns by Andrea Solario

The Crowning and Robing

Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; John 19:1–3

The Crucifixion by Andrea Mantegna
Scenes from the Passion of Christ: The Agony in the Garden, the Crucifixion, and the Descent into Limbo by Andrea Vanni
The Passion and Crucifixion of Christ by Bernardino Luini

The Casting of Lots

Matthew 27:35–36; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23–25a

White Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Bedouin Crucifixion by Ygael Tumarkin
Untitled (The Crucified) by Mosche Castel

Reinscribing The Cross

Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19-22

The Entombment (The Seilern Triptych) by Robert Campin
Road to Calvary, Crucifixion, and Descent into Limbo by Andrea da Firenze (Andrea di Bonaiuto)
The Descent from the Cross by Jacopo Sansovino

The Two Thieves

Matthew 27:38, 44; Mark 15:27, 32; Luke 23:33, 39–43; John 19:18

Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna
The Entombment (or Christ being carried to his Tomb) by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Invisible Mother by Urs Fischer

The Burial of Christ

Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42

PH-235 (1944-N-No. 1) by Clyfford Still
The Road of Humankind by Jean Dubuffet
End of the Gospel of Mark from the Codex Sinaiticus by Unknown artist

In My End Is My Beginning

Mark 16:1–8

Ascension, from the Rabbula (Rabula) Gospels by Unknown artist, Syria
Ascension of Christ, from the series 'Scenes from the Life of Christ', the Hohenfurth Monastery by Master of the Vyšší Brod Altar
The Ascension with Christ giving the Keys to St Peter by Donatello

The Ascension

Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts of the Apostles 1:6–11


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