Four Gospels.
One complete scene.

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each describe the same moments — and each keeps a detail the others leave out. Read them side by side and the one scene they share comes fully into view.

The feeding of the five thousand at sunset by the Sea of Galilee: a boy holds a basket of five barley loaves and two fish before Jesus, disciples kneel with baskets, and a vast crowd seated on the grass.

Only Luke tells us where it happened — “a city called Bethsaida.” Luke 9:10

Only Mark notes that the crowd sat down “in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.” Mark 6:39–40

Only Matthew counts the crowd — “five thousand men, beside women and children.” Matt. 14:21

Only John names the boy who brought “five barley loaves, and two small fishes.” John 6:9

One scene — and each Gospel records a different detail of it. Together they complete the picture.

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  • 4 Gospels
  • 10 translations
  • 2,754 aligned verses
  • 0 trackers

Why read in parallel

See the whole scene at once.

The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle told in all four Gospels — the very passage shown above. Read any single account and you catch part of it. Set them side by side and the full moment comes into focus, because each writer remembers something the others leave out.

Matthew

Counts the crowd honestly: about five thousand men, “beside women and children” — far larger than the round number alone suggests.

Mark

Paints the scene: the people sit “by hundreds, and by fifties” on the “green grass,” and the disciples balk at spending two hundred days' wages on bread.

Luke

Fixes the place — the lonely country near Bethsaida — and the orderly groups seated “by fifties in a company.”

John

Reveals where the food came from: “a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes.” He names Philip and Andrew — and alone records what happened next: the crowd tried to take Jesus by force “to make him a king.”

No single Gospel holds all of it. Side by side, the detail one leaves out is supplied by another — and a fuller, truer picture of what actually happened emerges.

Different on purpose

Four witnesses, not one script.

Ask any cold-case detective: real eyewitnesses never tell a story the same way. When accounts line up too perfectly, it's a red flag — a sign the witnesses compared notes. It's the small differences that authenticate testimony. The four Gospels read exactly like that — independent witnesses, each noticing what the others missed. Their variations don't weaken the record; they're the fingerprints of truth. Set them side by side and a single, credible account comes into focus.

The app

All four, side by side on your iPad.

Here is that same passage in Parallel Gospel — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in aligned columns, the way you actually read it.

The feeding of the five thousand, side by side — King James Version.
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Read across, not just compare

Most tools only look up a single parallel. Here, all four columns scroll together — so you read the whole story straight across, line by line, the way it actually unfolded.

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Ten English translations

Switch any column between ten trusted editions — traditional, modern, literal and sacred-name. Compare the wording of a verse, or settle into the voice you read best.

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Find any passage

A subtle density map runs alongside the text, showing where each Gospel says more and where it says less. Touch it to leap straight to that moment in the story.

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Works fully offline

Everything lives on your iPad. No connection needed to open, read, or compare — on a plane, in a pew, or on a mountainside.

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Private by design

No accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking. Nothing you read ever leaves your device — there is simply nothing to collect.

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Text that scales

One slider sets a comfortable reading size — and the whole interface grows with it, from the columns to the smallest control.

How it compares

The only one built for reading across.

Plenty of tools let you compare a verse. Parallel Gospel is made to read — all four accounts as one continuous, synchronized story. An honest look at the alternatives:

Feature Parallel Gospel Free Bible apps Study platforms Web synopsis
★ Read all four as one continuous story what sets it apart✓✗—✗
Four Gospels aligned in parallel columns✓—✓✓
Works fully offline✓—✓✗
No account, no ads, no tracking✓✗✗✓
Translations included10200+ManyFew
Distraction-free, made for reading✓✗——
Price$19.99 onceFree (ads / IAP)$22–$50 + ecosystemFree
One-time — no subscription✓——✓

✓ yes  ·  — limited  ·  ✗ no.  In all honesty: the free apps carry more translations, and the study platforms are powerful (if pricey and account-bound). Parallel Gospel trades breadth for a calm, private, read-it-through experience none of them offer.

Ten English translations included

Traditional, modern, literal — in the box.

Established, trusted editions, ready offline the moment you install. Set any of the four columns to any translation.

French, Spanish and more languages are on the way.

“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.”

John 21:25 · King James Version

A few quick answers

Does it need an internet connection?

No. Everything works offline once the app is installed — nothing is downloaded or sent while you read.

Which translations are included?

Ten English translations: King James, Restored Name KJV, American Standard, World English, New Heart English, Berean (BSB), Lexham English Bible, Bible in Basic English, Darby and Young's Literal. (French, Spanish and more are planned.)

Do you collect any of my data?

None. No accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking. See the privacy policy for the full details.

Is it on iPhone or Android?

Parallel Gospel is built and optimized for iPad.

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Read the Gospels as one story.

Four accounts, ten translations, side by side — and entirely yours, offline and private.

$19.99 one-time · no subscription · coming soon to the App Store.

Built by Pierre Roberge — a reader who simply wanted to see the four Gospels whole. No ads, no accounts, nothing tracked. Just the text, side by side.

Inspired by J. Warner Wallace's Cold-Case Christianity.