This post is adapted from the book written by Andreas Kostenberger, Justin Taylor, and Alexander Stewart. It includes videos they produced each day to help walk the church through Jesus’ final week before his resurrection.
The following is a list readings, and videos that follow Jesus each day of Holy Week. May these readings help draw you into the story of the passion of Christ this year.
Monday
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
Matthew 21:18–19; Mark 11:12–14
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Matthew 21:12–13; Mark 11:15–18; Luke 19:45–48
Tuesday
The Lesson from the Fig Tree
Matthew 21:20–22; Mark 11:20–26
Jesus Teaches in the Temple
Matthew 21:23–23:39; Mark 11:27–12:44; Luke 20:1–21:4
Jesus Predicts the Future
Matthew 21:23–23:39; Mark 11:27–12:44; Luke 20:1–21:4
Wednesday
Jesus Continues His Daily Teaching in the Temple
Luke 21:37–38
The Sanhedrin Plots to Kill Jesus
Matthew 26:3–5; Mark 14:1–2; Luke 22:1–2
Thursday
Jesus Instructs His Disciples Peter and John to Secure a Room for Passover
Matthew 26:17–19; Mark 14:12–16; Luke 22:7–13
Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with the Twelve, and Institutes the Lord’s Supper
Matthew 26:20–29; Mark 14:17–23; Luke 22:14–30
Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet, Interacts with Them, and Delivers the Upper Room Discourse
John 13:1–17:26
Jesus and the Disciples Sing a Hymn Together, Then Depart to the Mount of Olives
Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26; Luke 22:39
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denials
Matthew 26:31–35; Mark 14:27–31; Luke 22:31–34
Jesus Issues Final Practical Commands about Supplies and Provisions
Luke 22:35–38
Jesus and the Disciples Go to Gethsemane
Matthew 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:40–46
Friday
Jesus is Betrayed by Judas and Arrested
Matthew 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–52; Luke 22:47–53; John 18:2–12
Jesus has an Informal Hearing before Annas
Matthew 26:57, 59–68; Mark 14:53, 55–65; Luke 22:63–71
Peter Denies Jesus and the Rooster Crows
Matthew 26:58, 69–75; Mark 14:54, 66–72; Luke 22:54–62; John 18:15–18, 25–27
Judas Returns the Silver and Hangs Himself
Matthew 27:3–10
Pilate Questions Jesus and Sends Him to Herod Antipas
Matthew 27:11–14; Mark 15:2–5; Luke 23:1–7; John 18:28–38
Herod Questions Jesus and Sends Him Back to Pilate
Luke 23:8–12
Jesus Appears before Pilate a Second Time and is Condemned to Die
Matthew 27:15–26; Mark 15:6–15; Luke 23:13–25; John 18:38–19:16
Jesus is Mocked and Marched to Golgotha
Matthew 27:27–34; Mark 15:16–23; Luke 23:26–49; John 19:17
Jesus is Crucified between Two Thieves
Matthew 27:35–44; Mark 15:24–32; Luke 23:33–43; John 19:18–27
Jesus Breathes His Last
Matthew 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41; Luke 23:44–49; John 19:28–37
Joseph of Arimathea Buries Jesus in a New Tomb
Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42
Saturday
The Chief Priests and Pharisees Place Guards at the Tomb
Matthew 27:62–66
Sunday
Some Women Discover the Empty Tomb
Matthew 28:1–7; Mark 16:1–7; Luke 24:1–7; John 20:1
The Women Leave the Garden and Tell the Disciples
Matthew 28:8–10; Luke 24:8–11; John 20:2
Peter and John Rush to the Tomb and Discover It Empty
Luke 24:12; John 20:3–10
Mary Returns to the Tomb and Encounters Jesus
John 20:11–18
Jesus Appears to Cleopas and a Friend on the Road to Emmaus
Luke 24:13–35
That Evening Jesus Appears to the Eleven (minus Thomas) in a House in Jerusalem
Luke 24:36–43; John 20:19–23