Today's Reading | April 2, 2026
Matthew 27:1–26
Introduction Matthew 27:1–26: The Jewish leaders hand Jesus over to Pilate, the Roman governor, who questions him. Pilate brings Jesus before a crowd and offers them the choice of releasing him or a notorious criminal. The crowd calls for Jesus to be crucified, and Pilate sentences him to death. Meanwhile, Judas hangs himself. Today’s Key Verse: Matthew 27:26b GNT After…
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April 2, 2026
Matthew 27:1–26
Introduction Matthew 27:1–26: The Jewish leaders hand Jesus over to Pilate, the Roman governor, who questions him. Pilate brings Jesus before a crowd and offers them the choice of releasing him or a notorious criminal. The crowd calls for Jesus to be crucified, and Pilate sentences him to death. Meanwhile, Judas hangs himself. Today’s Key Verse: Matthew 27:26b GNT After…
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Matthew 26:47–75
Introduction Matthew 26:47–75: After praying in Gethsemane, Jesus is arrested and brought before the chief priests and the Council where he is accused of blasphemy. The chapter concludes with Peter denying that he knows Jesus. Today’s Key Verse: Matthew 26:64b GNT [Jesus said]: “From this time on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of…
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Matthew 26:36–46
Introduction Matthew 26:36–46: Jesus grieves and prays in Gethsemane in preparation for his betrayal and arrest. His disciples fail to keep watch and fall asleep. Today’s Key Verse: Matthew 26:39b GNT [Jesus prayed:] “My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet, not what I want, but what you want.” Read 36 Then Jesus went with…
READ MOREMarch 30, 2026
Matthew 26:1–35
Introduction Matthew 26:1–35: Jesus speaks to his disciples about his upcoming arrest and crucifixion. While in Bethany, a woman anoints Jesus with expensive perfume. Jesus eats the Passover meal with his disciples and predicts his betrayal. Jesus also predicts that the disciples will abandon him. Today’s Key Verse: Matthew 26:29 GNT [Jesus said], “I tell you, I will never again…
READ MOREMarch 29, 2026
Matthew 21:1–27
Introduction Matthew 21:1–27: Jesus enters Jerusalem, riding on a humble donkey, to the cheers of the crowd. Then he enters the Temple, drives out the moneychangers, and heals people. In so doing, he angers the religious leaders. Today’s reading concludes with Jesus cursing a fig tree, symbolizing God’s wrath against those who oppose his teachings. (see Jeremiah 8:12–13 in which…
READ MOREMarch 28, 2026
John 17:1–26
Introduction John 17:1–26: Today’s reading is a prayer often referred to as Jesus’s “High Priestly Prayer,” and it appears only in John’s Gospel. After Jesus’s final discourse with his disciples and before his betrayal and arrest, he addresses God in prayer. Jesus acknowledges that he has completed the work God sent him to do, and he intercedes on behalf of…
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