Read Scripture with us!
At MRC we believe that the Bible is the very Word of God—it’s Living, it’s True, it changes who we are and it changes what we do. We believe that as God speaks to us through His Word, the Holy Spirit shapes and forms us to live and love more like Jesus.
The Year of Biblical Literacy is our initiative to be deeply immersed and thoughtfully engaged in Scripture—individually and communally—so that we may know and experience the presence, character, and way of Jesus.
Biblical literacy has fallen, even though general literacy has been on the rise in society at large. The Year of Biblical Literacy is designed to guide people through the practice of reading the Bible, a practice that our generation has de-prioritized and/or regarded as too difficult. But the Bible is the unified narrative that leads to Jesus and has profound wisdom for the modern world.
We’d love for you to join us as we Read Scripture together!
To get started, download one of the recommended apps below, print out the reading plan, or bookmark this page to stay current with your reading. We will continue to update and share recommended resources along the way, as well as post questions to inspire your engagement.
This page will continue to be designed and updated with next steps and new features as we continue our journey through the year.
Follow the Read Scripture Plan
Download a pdf of the entire plan here.
Current Chapter
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | Romans 1-2 | 133 | Romans 1-4 |
| Sep 4 | Romans 3-4 | 134 | |
| Sep 5 | Romans 5-6 | 135 | Romans 5-16 |
| Sep 6 | Romans 7-8 | 136 | |
| Sep 7 | Romans 9-10 | 137 | |
| Sep 8 | Romans 11-12 | 138 | |
| Sep 9 | Romans 13-14 | 139 | |
| Sep 10 | Romans 15-16 | 140 |
Old Testament
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15 | Genesis 1-3 | 1 | Genesis 1-11 |
| Nov 16 | Genesis 4-7 | 2 | Image of God |
| Nov 17 | Genesis 8-11 | 3 | Torah: Genesis 1-11 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 | Genesis 12-15 | 4 | Genesis 12-50 |
| Nov 19 | Genesis 16-18 | 5 | The Covenants |
| Nov 20 | Genesis 19-21 | 6 | |
| Nov 21 | Genesis 22-24 | 7 | |
| Nov 22 | Genesis 25-28 | 8 | |
| Nov 23 | Genesis 29-31 | 9 | |
| Nov 24 | Genesis 32-34 | 10 | |
| Nov 25 | Genesis 35-37 | 11 | Torah: Genesis 12-50 |
| Nov 26 | Genesis 38-40 | 12 | |
| Nov 27 | Genesis 41-42 | 13 | |
| Nov 28 | Genesis 43-45 | 14 | |
| Nov 29 | Genesis 46-47 | 15 | |
| Nov 30 | Genesis 48-50 | 16 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | Exodus 1-3 | 17 | Exodus 1-18 |
| Dec 2 | Exodus 4-6 | 18 | Holiness |
| Dec 3 | Exodus 7-9 | 19 | |
| Dec 4 | Exodus 10-12 | 20 | |
| Dec 5 | Exodus 13-15 | 21 | |
| Dec 6 | Exodus 16-18 | 22 | Torah: Exodus 1-18 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7 | Exodus 19-21 | 23 | Exodus 19-40 |
| Dec 8 | Exodus 22-24 | 24 | |
| Dec 9 | Exodus 25-27 | 25 | Heaven + Earth |
| Dec 10 | Exodus 28-29 | 26 | |
| Dec 11 | Exodus 30-31 | 27 | |
| Dec 12 | Exodus 32-34 | 28 | |
| Dec 13 | Exodus 35-40 (skim) | 29 | Torah: Exodus 19-40 |
| Dec 14 | Leviticus 1-4 | 30 | Leviticus |
| Dec 15 | Leviticus 5-7 | 31 | Atonement |
| Dec 16 | Leviticus 8-10 | 32 | |
| Dec 17 | Leviticus 11-13 | 33 | Holiness |
| Dec 18 | Leviticus 14-15 | 34 | |
| Dec 19 | Leviticus 16-18 | 35 | |
| Dec 20 | Leviticus 19-20 | 36 | |
| Dec 21 | Leviticus 21-23 | 37 | |
| Dec 22 | Leviticus 24-25 | 38 | |
| Dec 23 | Leviticus 26-27 | 39 | Torah: Leviticus |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24 | Numbers 1-4 | 40 | Numbers |
| Dec 25 | Numbers 5-7 | 41 | |
| Dec 26 | Numbers 8-10 | 42 | |
| Dec 27 | Numbers 11-13 | 43 | |
| Dec 28 | Numbers 14-16 | 44 | |
| Dec 29 | Numbers 17-18 | 45 | |
| Dec 30 | Numbers 19-21 | 46 | |
| Dec 31 | Numbers 22-24 | 47 | |
| Jan 1 | Numbers 25-27 | 48 | |
| Jan 2 | Numbers 28-30 | 49 | |
| Jan 3 | Numbers 31-32 | 50 | |
| Jan 4 | Numbers 33-34 | 51 | |
| Jan 5 | Numbers 35-36 | 52 | Torah: Numbers |
| Jan 6 | Deuteronomy 1-3 | 53 | Deuteronomy |
| Jan 7 | Deuteronomy 4-6 | 54 | |
| Jan 8 | Deuteronomy 7-9 | 55 | |
| Jan 9 | Deuteronomy 10-12 | 56 | The Law |
| Jan 10 | Deuteronomy 13-14 | 57 | |
| Jan 11 | Deuteronomy 15-16 | 58 | |
| Jan 12 | Deuteronomy 17-20 | 59 | |
| Jan 13 | Deuteronomy 21-23 | 60 | |
| Jan 14 | Deuteronomy 24-27 | 61 | |
| Jan 15 | Deuteronomy 28-29 | 62 | |
| Jan 16 | Deuteronomy 30-31 | 63 | |
| Jan 17 | Deuteronomy 32-34 | 64 | Torah: Deuteronomy |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18 | Joshua 1-4 | 65 | Joshua |
| Jan 19 | Joshua 5-8 | 66 | |
| Jan 20 | Joshua 9-12 | 67 | |
| Jan 21 | Joshua 13-21 | 68 | |
| Jan 22 | Joshua 22-24 | 69 | |
| Jan 23 | Judges 1-3 | 70 | Judges |
| Jan 24 | Judges 4-5 | 71 | |
| Jan 25 | Judges 6-8 | 72 | |
| Jan 26 | Judges 9-12 | 73 | |
| Jan 27 | Judges 13-15 | 74 | |
| Jan 28 | Judges 16-18 | 75 | |
| Jan 29 | Judges 19-21 | 76 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30 | Ruth | 77 | Ruth |
| Jan 31 | 1 Samuel 1-3 | 78 | 1 Samuel |
| Feb 1 | 1 Samuel 4-8 | 79 | |
| Feb 2 | 1 Samuel 9-12 | 80 | |
| Feb 3 | 1 Samuel 13-14 | 81 | |
| Feb 4 | 1 Samuel 15-17 | 82 | |
| Feb 5 | 1 Samuel 18-20 | 83 | |
| Feb 6 | 1 Samuel 21-24 | 84 | |
| Feb 7 | 1 Samuel 25-27 | 85 | |
| Feb 8 | 1 Samuel 28-31 | 86 | |
| Feb 9 | 2 Samuel 1-3 | 87 | 2 Samuel |
| Feb 10 | 2 Samuel 4-8 | 88 | |
| Feb 11 | 2 Samuel 9-12 | 89 | |
| Feb 12 | 2 Samuel 13-15 | 90 | |
| Feb 13 | 2 Samuel 16-18 | 91 | |
| Feb 14 | 2 Samuel 19-21 | 92 | |
| Feb 15 | 2 Samuel 22-24 | 93 | |
| Feb 16 | 1 Kings 1-3 | 94 | 1 & 2 Kings |
| Feb 17 | 1 Kings 4-7 | 95 | |
| Feb 18 | 1 Kings 8-10 | 96 | |
| Feb 19 | 1 Kings 11-13 | 97 | |
| Feb 20 | 1 Kings 14-16 | 98 | |
| Feb 21 | 1 Kings 17-19 | 99 | |
| Feb 22 | 1 Kings 20-22 | 100 | |
| Feb 23 | 2 Kings 1-3 | 101 | |
| Feb 24 | 2 Kings 4-7 | 102 | |
| Feb 25 | 2 Kings 8-11 | 103 | |
| Feb 26 | 2 Kings 12-14 | 104 | |
| Feb 27 | 2 Kings 15-17 | 105 | |
| Feb 28 | 2 Kings 18-19 | 106 | |
| Mar 1 | 2 Kings 20-22 | 107 | |
| Mar 2 | 2 Kings 23-25 | 108 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3 | Isaiah 1-4 | 109 | Isaiah 1-39 |
| Mar 4 | Isaiah 5-8 | 110 | |
| Mar 5 | Isaiah 9-12 | 111 | |
| Mar 6 | Isaiah 13-17 | 112 | |
| Mar 7 | Isaiah 18-22 | 113 | |
| Mar 8 | Isaiah 23-27 | 114 | |
| Mar 9 | Isaiah 28-30 | 115 | |
| Mar 10 | Isaiah 31-35 | 116 | |
| Mar 11 | Isaiah 36-38 | 117 | |
| Mar 12 | Isaiah 39-41 | 118 | Isaiah 40-66 |
| Mar 13 | Isaiah 42-44 | 119:1-32 | |
| Mar 14 | Isaiah 45-48 | 119:33-64 | |
| Mar 15 | Isaiah 49-51 | 119:65-96 | |
| Mar 16 | Isaiah 52-54 | 119:97-128 | Gospel of the Kingdom |
| Mar 17 | Isaiah 55-57 | 119:129-152 | |
| Mar 18 | Isaiah 58-60 | 119:153-176 | |
| Mar 19 | Isaiah 61-64 | 120 | |
| Mar 20 | Isaiah 65-66 | 121 | |
| Mar 21 | Hosea 1-5 | 122 | Hosea |
| Mar 22 | Hosea 6-10 | 123 | |
| Mar 23 | Hosea 11-14 | 124 | |
| Mar 24 | Joel | 125 | Joel |
| Mar 25 | Amos 1-5 | 126 | Amos |
| Mar 26 | Amos 6-9 | 127 | |
| Mar 27 | Obadiah | 128 | Obadiah |
| Mar 28 | Jonah | 129 | Jonah |
| Mar 29 | Micah 1-4 | 130 | Micah |
| Mar 30 | Micah 5-7 | 131 | |
| Mar 31 | Nahum | 132 | Nahum |
| Apr 1 | Habakkuk | 133 | Habakkuk |
| Apr 2 | Zephaniah | 134 | Zephaniah |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3 | Job 1-3 | 135 | Job |
| Apr 4 | Job 4-7 | 136 | |
| Apr 5 | Job 8-11 | 137 | |
| Apr 6 | Job 12-15 | 138 | |
| Apr 7 | Job 16-19 | 139 | |
| Apr 8 | Job 20-23 | 140 | |
| Apr 9 | Job 24-28 | 141 | |
| Apr 10 | Job 29-31 | 142 | |
| Apr 11 | Job 32-34 | 143 | Wisdom: Job |
| Apr 12 | Job 35-37 | 144 | |
| Apr 13 | Job 38-39 | 145 | |
| Apr 14 | Job 40-42 | 146 | |
| Apr 15 | Psalms 1-2 | 147 | Psalms |
| Apr 16 | Proverbs 1-3 | 148 | Proverbs |
| Apr 17 | Proverbs 4-6 | 149 | |
| Apr 18 | Proverbs 7-9 | 150 | Wisdom: Proverbs |
| Apr 19 | Proverbs 10-12 | 1 | |
| Apr 20 | Proverbs 13-15 | 2 | |
| Apr 21 | Proverbs 16-18 | 3 | |
| Apr 22 | Proverbs 19-21 | 4 | |
| Apr 23 | Proverbs 22-24 | 5 | |
| Apr 24 | Proverbs 25-27 | 6 | |
| Apr 25 | Proverbs 28-31 | 7 | |
| Apr 26 | Ecclesiastes 1-4 | 8 | Ecclesiastes |
| Apr 27 | Ecclesiastes 5-8 | 9 | |
| Apr 28 | Ecclesiastes 9-12 | 10 | Wisdom: Ecclesiastes |
| Apr 29 | Song 1-4 | 11 | Song of Songs |
| Apr 30 | Song 5-8 | 12 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Jeremiah 1-3 | 13 | Jeremiah |
| May 2 | Jeremiah 4-6 | 14 | |
| May 3 | Jeremiah 7-9 | 15 | |
| May 4 | Jeremiah 10-13 | 16 | |
| May 5 | Jeremiah 14-17 | 17 | |
| May 6 | Jeremiah 18-22 | 18 | |
| May 7 | Jeremiah 23-25 | 19 | |
| May 8 | Jeremiah 26-29 | 20 | |
| May 9 | Jeremiah 30-32 | 21 | |
| May 10 | Jeremiah 33-36 | 22 | |
| May 11 | Jeremiah 37-39 | 23 | |
| May 12 | Jeremiah 40-44 | 24 | |
| May 13 | Jeremiah 45-48 | 25 | |
| May 14 | Jeremiah 49-50 | 26 | |
| May 15 | Jeremiah 51-52 | 27 | |
| May 16 | Lamentations 1-2 | 28 | Lamentations |
| May 17 | Lamentations 3 | 29 | |
| May 18 | Lamentations 4-5 | 30 | |
| May 19 | Ezekiel 1-4 | 31 | Ezekiel 1-32 |
| May 20 | Ezekiel 5-8 | 32 | |
| May 21 | Ezekiel 9-12 | 33 | |
| May 22 | Ezekiel 13-15 | 34 | |
| May 23 | Ezekiel 16-18 | 35 | |
| May 24 | Ezekiel 19-21 | 36 | |
| May 25 | Ezekiel 22-24 | 37 | |
| May 26 | Ezekiel 25-27 | 38 | |
| May 27 | Ezekiel 28-30 | 39 | |
| May 28 | Ezekiel 31-33 | 40 | Ezekiel 33-48 |
| May 29 | Ezekiel 34-36 | 41 | |
| May 30 | Ezekiel 37-39 | 42 | |
| May 31 | Ezekiel 40-44 | 43 | |
| Jun 1 | Ezekiel 45-48 | 44 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2 | Ezra 1-3 | 45 | Ezra-Nehemiah |
| Jun 3 | Ezra 4-7 | 46 | |
| Jun 4 | Ezra 8-10 | 47 | |
| Jun 5 | Nehemiah 1-3 | 48 | |
| Jun 6 | Nehemiah 4-6 | 49 | |
| Jun 7 | Nehemiah 7-9 | 50 | |
| Jun 8 | Nehemiah 10-11 | 51 | |
| Jun 9 | Nehemiah 12-13 | 52 | |
| Jun 10 | Esther 1-5 | 53 | Esther |
| Jun 11 | Esther 6-10 | 54 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22 | 1 Chronicles 1-10 | 65 | 1 & 2 Chronicles |
| Jun 23 | 1 Chronicles 11-14 | 66 | |
| Jun 24 | 1 Chronicles 15-17 | 67 | |
| Jun 25 | 1 Chronicles 18-21 | 68 | |
| Jun 26 | 1 Chronicles 22-24 | 69 | |
| Jun 27 | 1 Chronicles 25-28 | 70 | |
| Jun 28 | 2 Chronicles 1-4 | 71 | |
| Jun 29 | 2 Chronicles 5-8 | 72 | |
| Jun 30 | 2 Chronicles 9-12 | 73 | |
| Jul 1 | 2 Chronicles 13-17 | 74 | |
| Jul 2 | 2 Chronicles 18-20 | 75 | |
| Jul 3 | 2 Chronicles 21-24 | 76 | |
| Jul 4 | 2 Chronicles 25-27 | 77 | |
| Jul 5 | 2 Chronicles 28-31 | 78 | |
| Jul 6 | 2 Chronicles 32-34 | 79 | |
| Jul 7 | 2 Chronicles 35-36 | 80 |
New Testament
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8 | Matthew 1-2 | 81 | Matthew 1-13 |
| Jul 9 | Matthew 3-4 | 82 | |
| Jul 10 | Matthew 5-6 | 83 | |
| Jul 11 | Matthew 7-8 | 84 | |
| Jul 12 | Matthew 9-10 | 85 | |
| Jul 13 | Matthew 11-12 | 86 | |
| Jul 14 | Matthew 13-14 | 87 | Matthew 14-28 |
| Jul 15 | Matthew 15-16 | 88 | |
| Jul 16 | Matthew 17-18 | 89 | |
| Jul 17 | Matthew 19-20 | 90 | |
| Jul 18 | Matthew 21-22 | 91 | |
| Jul 19 | Matthew 23-24 | 92 | |
| Jul 20 | Matthew 25-26 | 93 | |
| Jul 21 | Matthew 27-28 | 94 | |
| Jul 22 | Mark 1-2 | 95 | Mark |
| Jul 23 | Mark 3-4 | 96 | |
| Jul 24 | Mark 5-6 | 97 | |
| Jul 25 | Mark 7-8 | 98 | |
| Jul 26 | Mark 9-10 | 99 | Gospel of Mark |
| Jul 27 | Mark 11-12 | 100 | |
| Jul 28 | Mark 13-14 | 101 | |
| Jul 29 | Mark 15-16 | 102 | |
| Jul 30 | John 1-2 | 103 | John 1-12 |
| Jul 31 | John 3-4 | 104 | |
| Aug 1 | John 5-6 | 105 | |
| Aug 2 | John 7-8 | 106 | |
| Aug 3 | John 9-10 | 107 | |
| Aug 4 | John 11-12 | 108 | |
| Aug 5 | John 13-15 | 109 | John 13-21 |
| Aug 6 | John 16-18 | 110 | |
| Aug 7 | John 19-21 | 111 | |
| Aug 8 | Luke 1 | 112 | Luke 1-9 |
| Aug 9 | Luke 2-3 | 113 | Gospel of Luke 1-2 |
| Aug 10 | Luke 4-5 | 114 | Gospel of Luke 3-9 |
| Aug 11 | Luke 6-7 | 115 | |
| Aug 12 | Luke 8-9 | 116 | |
| Aug 13 | Luke 10-11 | 117 | Luke 10-24 |
| Aug 14 | Luke 12-13 | 118 | |
| Aug 15 | Luke 14-16 | 119:1-32 | Gospel of Luke 9-19 |
| Aug 16 | Luke 17-18 | 119:33-64 | |
| Aug 17 | Luke 19-20 | 119:65-96 | |
| Aug 18 | Luke 21-22 | 119:97-128 | Gospel of Luke 19-23 |
| Aug 19 | Luke 23-24 | 119:129-152 | Gospel of Luke 24 |
| Aug 20 | Acts 1-2 | 119:153-176 | Acts 1-12 |
| Aug 21 | Acts 3-4 | 120 | The Holy Spirit |
| Aug 22 | Acts 5-6 | 121 | |
| Aug 23 | Acts 7-8 | 122 | |
| Aug 24 | Acts 9-10 | 123 | |
| Aug 25 | Acts 11-12 | 124 | |
| Aug 26 | Acts 13-14 | 125 | Acts 13-28 |
| Aug 27 | Acts 15-16 | 126 | |
| Aug 28 | Acts 17-18 | 127 | |
| Aug 29 | Acts 19-20 | 128 | |
| Aug 30 | Acts 21-22 | 129 | |
| Aug 31 | Acts 23-24 | 130 | |
| Sep 1 | Acts 25-26 | 131 | |
| Sep 2 | Acts 27-28 | 132 |
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Passage | Psalm | Video (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|---|
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