Contradictions

Places where two passages, read side by side, give different accounts of the same thing.

Did God or Satan prompt David's census? 2 Samuel 24 vs 1 Chronicles 21 2 Samuel 24:1-17; 1 Chronicles 21:1-17
Second Samuel says the LORD moved David to count Israel. Chronicles tells the same story and says Satan did.
Did Jesus's family flee to Egypt, or go home to Nazareth? Matthew 2 vs Luke 2 Matthew 2:13-23; Luke 2:22-39
Matthew has the family escape to Egypt after Bethlehem and settle in Nazareth later. Luke has them present Jesus at the Temple and return directly to Nazareth.
Did Judas hang himself or fall? Matthew 27 vs Acts 1 Matthew 27:3-10; Acts 1:16-20
Matthew says Judas hanged himself and the priests bought the field. Acts says Judas bought the field himself and fell headlong, bursting open.
Did Paul's companions hear the voice? Acts 9 vs Acts 22 Acts 9:7; Acts 22:9; Acts 26:14
Acts tells Paul's conversion three times, and the accounts differ on whether his companions heard the voice and whether they stood or fell.
Do the two creation accounts agree? Genesis 1 vs Genesis 2 Genesis 1:1-2:3; Genesis 2:4-25
Genesis opens with two accounts of creation that differ on the order in which plants, animals and humans appear.
How many times did the rooster crow? Mark 14 vs Matthew 26 Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Mark 14:72; John 13:38
Mark says the rooster crows twice before Peter's third denial. Matthew, Luke and John mention a single crow.
Two of each animal, or seven pairs? Genesis 6 vs Genesis 7 Genesis 6:19-20; Genesis 7:2-4; Genesis 7:17; Genesis 7:24
The flood story gives two different instructions about how many animals Noah takes, and two different lengths for the flood.
Was Jesus crucified on Passover, or the day before? John vs Mark Mark 14:12-16; John 18:28; John 19:14
The Synoptic Gospels describe the Last Supper as a Passover meal, and John places the crucifixion on the day the Passover lambs were slaughtered.
Who carried the cross? Mark 15 vs John 19 Mark 15:21-22; Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26; John 19:17
Three Gospels say the Romans made Simon of Cyrene carry the cross. John says Jesus carried it himself.
Who killed Goliath? 1 Samuel 17 vs 2 Samuel 21 1 Samuel 17:48-51; 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5
First Samuel gives the credit for killing Goliath to David. Second Samuel names Elhanan, and Chronicles rewrites the line so that Elhanan kills Goliath's brother.
Who went to the tomb, and what did they find? The four resurrection accounts Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18
The four Gospels agree that the tomb was found empty on the first day of the week, but they differ on who came, when, what they saw and where Jesus was met next.
Why do Matthew and Luke give different genealogies of Jesus? Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38
Matthew and Luke trace Jesus back through David, but through different sons of David and with different fathers for Joseph.