The Gospels — A New Translation from the Greek

The Gospels in pictures

Maps and timelines that set the four gospels in place and time — where the story happens, when, how the four differ, and how they came down to us. Scroll, then open any — or see them all on one page.

The Life, in Time

The events of the gospels, set in the wider world

A Collision of Worlds

Rome, Greece and Judea — the cultures behind the gospels

How the Four Gospels Relate

Why three tell one story alike — and John apart

From the Cross to the Canon

How the four were written and chosen

The four gospels in plain modern English — short sentences, everyday words, translated straight from the Koine Greek and staying in first-century Judea and Galilee.

Machine-made, then checked against other leading AI systems and edited under human oversight — a new translation that rests on the scholarship of the thousands of scribes and scholars who carried the text across two thousand years. How it was made, and where the manuscripts disagree, is set out plainly in the introduction.

📖 4 gospels Plain modern English SBLGNT base text Disputed passages marked

Around the gospels

Introduction How it was made In pictures

The four gospels

Four accounts of one life, kept side by side rather than merged — each with its own angle. Every chapter is free to read on its own page, with notes. Or open the e-reader →

Matthew

The teacher — the sayings gathered into five great sermons.

Read → 28 chapters

Mark

The oldest and quickest — blunt, urgent, spare.

Read → 16 chapters

Luke

The careful one — names, order, and the widest cast.

Read → 24 chapters

John

The odd one out — starting before the beginning, with the Word.

Read → 21 chapters

Also available as a free EPUB or plain text. An introduction by Mark Scribe opens the book.