The following traditions are found in both gospels: the ministry of John the Baptist; the calling of disciples whom Jesus teaches; Jesus the teacher, healer and prophet; hostility against Jesus from the Jewish religious leaders; the feeding of the five thousand, walking on the water; the cleansing of the Temple; the main events of the Passion narrative beginning with the entry into Jerusalem and the anointing at Bethany; the Resurrection.

In John's gospel as well as in the gospel of Mark, the kerygma can be clearly traced.