It's All About Jesus' Death and Resurrection
You can follow the forty reading from the New Testament over an eight week period leading up to Easter.
As you read the Scripture from Monday to Friday each week, seek to absorb yourself in what Jesus went through for you.
Week 1 (2/5/24 to 2/9/24)
- Monday - Jesus’s last Passover - Matthew 26:1-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2
- Tuesday - Judas’s agreement to betray Jesus - Matthew 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6
- Wednesday - A supper and service - Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1-35
- Thursday - The disciples’ argument - Luke 22:24-30
- Friday - Prediction of Peter’s denial - Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-39; John 13:36-38
Week 2 (2/12/24 to 2/16/24)
- Monday - Jesus as the way to the Father - John 14:1-14
- Tuesday - The coming of the Holy Spirit - John 14:15-31
- Wednesday - Abiding in Jesus - John 15:1-17
- Thursday - The hatred of the world - John 15:18-27
- Friday - The Spirit as a guide - John 16:1-15
Week 3 (2/19/24 to 2/23/24)
- Monday - Grief into joy - John 16:16-33
- Tuesday - Jesus’s prayer - John 17
- Wednesday - Anguished praying in Gethsemane - Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:40-46; John 18:1
- Thursday - The betrayal - Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:4352; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-11
- Friday - Jesus interrogated by Annas and Caiaphas as Peter disowns him - Matthew 26:57-58, 69-75; Mark 14:53-54, 66-72; Luke 22:54-65; John 18:12-27
Week 4 (2/26/24 to 3/1/24)
- Monday - Jesus tried by the Sanhedrin - Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:66-71
- Tuesday - Jesus interrogated by Pontius Pilate - Matthew 27:12, 11-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-6; John 18:33-40
- Wednesday - Judas’s death - Matthew 27:3-10
- Thursday - Jesus interrogated by Herod Antipas - Luke 23:7-12
- Friday - Jesus accused and condemned - Matthew 27:1526; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:13-25; John 18:29; 19:14-16
Week 5 (3/4/24 to 3/8/24)
- Monday - Jesus mistreated by Roman soldiers - Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; Luke 23:36-37, John 19:1-3
- Tuesday - Jesus hanging on the cross - Matthew 27:32-38; Mark 15:21-28; Luke 23:26-34; John 19:17-24
- Wednesday - Bystanders mocking Jesus - Matthew 27:39-44; Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-39
- Thursday - A thief repents - Luke 23:40-43
- Friday - Mary, Jesus’s mother, at the cross - John 19:25-27
Week 6 (3/11/24 to 3/15/24)
- Monday - Darkness over the land - Matthew 27:45-53; Mark 15:33-38; Luke 23:44-45
- Tuesday - Jesus’s death - Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:28-30
- Wednesday - Reaction by the bystanders - Matthew 27:54-56; Mark 15:39-41; Luke 23:47-49
- Thursday - Jesus’s side pierced - John 19:31-37
- Friday - Jesus buried - Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
Week 7 (3/18/24 to 3/22/24)
- Monday - Guards placed at the tomb - Matthew 27:62-66
- Tuesday - Jesus risen - Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18
- Wednesday - The guards’ report - Matthew 28:11-15
- Thursday - The two Jesus followers on the way to Emmaus - Mark 16:12-13; Luke 24:13-35
- Friday - Jesus’s appearances to most of the disciples in Jerusalem - Mark 16:14-18; Luke 24:36-49; John 20:19-23
Week 8 (3/25/24 to 3/29/24)
- Monday - Jesus’s appearance to Thomas - John 20:24-29
- Tuesday - Jesus’s appearance at the Sea of Galilee - John 21:1-23
- Wednesday - Jesus’s appearance on a mountain in Galilee - Matthew 28:16-20
- Thursday - The unrecorded works of Jesus - John 20:30-31; 21:24-25
- Friday - Jesus’s ascension - Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:3-11
