Big Picture Bible Reading

Read through the whole biblical storyline in about 15–20 minutes a day. Each day gathers 2–4 chapters of Scripture, woven together in historical order, and your progress is saved automatically in your browser.

The Old Testament — Days 1–60

This phased 60-day reading schedule combines the primary Old Testament narrative spine with its matching prophetic books. Each day covers 2 to 4 chapters (around 15–20 minutes of reading), maintaining momentum through the storyline while introducing prophetic texts directly into the historical moments that prompted them.

The New Testament — Days 61–100

The New Testament narrative flows from the life and ministry of Jesus (the Gospels) into the birth and expansion of the early church (Acts), with the epistles (letters) and Revelation woven directly into their first-century historical contexts.

To prevent reading four parallel accounts of the Gospels back-to-back, this 40-day plan pairs the narrative spine (Luke and Acts) with the letters written during each missionary phase, bookended by complementary Gospels and closing visions.

The plan

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Old Testament

Days 1–60

Phase 1: Foundations & The Patriarchs

• Day 1Genesis 1–4; 6–9
• Day 2Genesis 11–15
• Day 3Genesis 16–18; 21–22
• Day 4Genesis 24–25; 27–28
• Day 5Genesis 32–33; 35; 37
• Day 6Genesis 39–42
• Day 7Genesis 43–45; 50

Phase 2: Deliverance, Wilderness & Promised Land

• Day 8Exodus 1–4
• Day 9Exodus 7–10
• Day 10Exodus 11–14
• Day 11Exodus 19–20; 32–34
• Day 12Numbers 11–14
• Day 13Numbers 20–24
• Day 14Deuteronomy 1–3; 31; 34
• Day 15Joshua 1–6

Phase 3: Conquest, Judges & Monarchy

• Day 16Joshua 7–11; 24
• Day 17Judges 2–4; 6–8
• Day 18Judges 11; 13–16
• Day 19Ruth 1–4
• Day 201 Samuel 1–4; 7–8
• Day 211 Samuel 9–10; 13; 15
• Day 221 Samuel 16–18; 24
• Day 231 Samuel 28; 31; 2 Samuel 1–2
• Day 242 Samuel 5–7; 9
• Day 252 Samuel 11–12; 15; 18

Phase 4: Divided Kingdom & The Assyrian Shadow

• Day 261 Kings 1–3; 6; 8
• Day 271 Kings 10–12; 14:1–20
• Day 281 Kings 17–19
• Day 291 Kings 21–22; 2 Kings 1–2
• Day 302 Kings 4–5; 9–10
• Day 31Jonah 1–4
• Day 32Amos 1; 4–5; 8
• Day 33Hosea 1–4; 11; 14
• Day 342 Kings 16–17
• Day 35Micah 1; 3; 5–6
• Day 362 Kings 18–20; Isaiah 36–37

Phase 5: The Babylonian Crisis & Fall of Jerusalem

• Day 37Isaiah 1; 6; 11–12
• Day 382 Kings 21–23
• Day 39Zephaniah 1–3; Nahum 1–3
• Day 40Habakkuk 1–3
• Day 41Jeremiah 1; 7; 25
• Day 42Jeremiah 26; 29; 32
• Day 43Jeremiah 36–39
• Day 442 Kings 24–25; Jeremiah 52
• Day 45Lamentations 1; 3
• Day 46Obadiah 1; Joel 1–3

Phase 6: Exile & Return

• Day 47Daniel 1–3
• Day 48Daniel 5–6
• Day 49Ezekiel 1–3; 8–10
• Day 50Ezekiel 33; 37
• Day 51Isaiah 40; 44:24–45:7; 52–53
• Day 52Ezra 1; 3–4
• Day 53Haggai 1–2; Zechariah 1; 3–4
• Day 54Ezra 5–6; Zechariah 8–9
• Day 55Esther 1–4
• Day 56Esther 5–8
• Day 57Ezra 7–8; 10:1–17
• Day 58Nehemiah 1–4
• Day 59Nehemiah 6; 8–9
• Day 60Nehemiah 13; Malachi 1–4

New Testament

Days 61–100

Phase 1: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus

Focusing primarily on Luke’s sequential narrative.

• Day 61Luke 1–4
• Day 62Luke 5–8
• Day 63Luke 9–11
• Day 64Luke 12–15
• Day 65Luke 16–19:27
• Day 66Luke 19:28–21:38
• Day 67Luke 22–24
• Day 68John 1–4
• Day 69John 11; 14–17
• Day 70John 18–21

Phase 2: Birth of the Early Church

The expansion of the Jesus movement from Jerusalem to Samaria.

• Day 71Acts 1–4
• Day 72Acts 5–8
• Day 73Acts 9–11
• Day 74James 1–5

Phase 3: Paul's Missionary Journeys & Early Letters

Reading Paul's letters alongside the travels recorded in Acts.

• Day 75Acts 12–14
• Day 76Galatians 1–6
• Day 77Acts 15–17
• Day 781 & 2 Thessalonians
• Day 79Acts 18–20
• Day 801 Corinthians 1–6; 11–13
• Day 811 Corinthians 14–16; 2 Corinthians 1–4
• Day 822 Corinthians 5; 8–9; 11–12
• Day 83Romans 1–5; 8
• Day 84Romans 12–16

Phase 4: Prison Epistles & Later Travels

Paul's arrest, trials, and letters written while chained in Rome.

• Day 85Acts 21–24
• Day 86Acts 25–28
• Day 87Ephesians 1–6
• Day 88Philippians 1–4; Philemon
• Day 89Colossians 1–4
• Day 901 & 2 Timothy; Titus

Phase 5: The General Epistles & The Closing Vision

Writings to scattered communities facing persecution and false teaching, concluding in Patmos.

• Day 91Hebrews 1–6
• Day 92Hebrews 7–10
• Day 93Hebrews 11–13
• Day 941 Peter 1–5
• Day 952 Peter 1–3; Jude
• Day 961, 2 & 3 John
• Day 97Revelation 1–3
• Day 98Revelation 4–7
• Day 99Revelation 11–14; 18–19
• Day 100Revelation 20–22

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