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Helping people meet God every day. The Essential Journey to the Cross
2013 Bible Readings for Lent
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The Essential Journey to the Cross from Scripture Union provides 5 daily readings (excluding weekends) for each of the six weeks in Lent. The readings are accompanied by a reflection question or two to help you "dig deeper" into the passage as you go through Lent.
Click to read more about it in this news article.
This daily devotional will be running during Lent from February 18 to Easter.
Latest Bible Reading
This guide publishes each day, Monday through Friday, for 6 weeks during Lent.
Previous Days
| Day | Read | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Resurrection Day: Seeing is Believing! | John 20:1-31 | 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still... |
| 30 | Dead and Buried! | John 19:38-42 | 38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body... |
| 29 | Eye Witness News | John 19: 31-37 | 31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day... |
| 28 | He Made Quite An Impression! | Luke 23: 44-49 | 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came... |
| 27 | "It is Finished" | John 19: 28-30 | 28 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so... |
| 26 | Honor Your Mother! | John 19: 25-27 | 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother... |
| 25 | Gambling at the Cross | John 19: 17-24 | 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the... |
| 24 | The Cry of a Thief | Luke 23:26-43 | 26 As they led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene... |
| 23 | A Shower of Insults! | Mark 15: 21-32 | 21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of... |
| 22 | The Man is Innocent! | Luke 23:1-25 | 1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate... |
| 21 | Death to the King! | John 19:1-16 | 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The... |
| 20 | What is Truth, Anyway? | John 18: 33-40 | 33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and... |
| 19 | Jesus on Trial | John 18: 28-32 | 28 Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace... |
| 18 | Believe Him or Not | Luke 22: 66-71 | 66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people... |
| 17 | "I Don't know Him" | John 18:15-27 | 15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following... |
| 16 | Off with His ...Ear! | John 18:1-11 | 1 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his... |
| 15 | Asleep While on Watch! | Mark 14:32-42 | 32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus... |
| 14 | The Last Supper Together | Mark 14:12-26 | 12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,... |
| 13 | Watching for the Deadly Opportunity | Mark 14:10-11 | 10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief... |
| 12 | Listen Carefully! | Luke 9:37-45 | 37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large... |
| 11 | "Foolish" Extravagance | Mark 14:1-9 | 1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were... |
| 10 | Betrayal is Coming | John 13:18-30 | 18 "I am not referring to all of you; I know... |
| 9 | Losing to Gain | John 12:20-36 | 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to... |
| 8 | He Knew What Lay Ahead | Luke 18:31-34 | 31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are... |
| 7 | Beautiful, but Costly, Too | Matthew 26:6-13 | 6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man... |
| 6 | Only One Real "Sign" | Matthew 12:38-45 | 38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law... |
| 5 | A Savior is Promised! | Micah 5:2-5 | 2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, ... |
| 4 | Incredible Words of Hope! | Job 19:23-27 | 23 "Oh, that my words were recorded, ... |
| 3 | Some "Wonderful" Names | Isaiah 9: 2-7 | 2 The people walking in darkness have... |
| 2 | Jesus’ Suffering Foreshadowed | Psalm 22:1-31 | 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ... |
| 1 | Meet God's "Suffering Servant" | Isaiah 52:13—53:12 | 13 See, my servant will act wisely; he... |
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