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Through the Bible in 24 Months

A two-year reading and teaching program — 104 weeks · the entire Bible

104 weeks
4 readings a week
2 classes a week
209 free PDFs

Most Christians intend to read the whole Bible. Fewer finish. The usual place it falls apart is somewhere in Leviticus, in February, when the reading has become a chore and nobody has asked about it in three weeks. This program is built to solve that. It carries a congregation through the entire Bible in 104 weeks, and it does not leave anyone reading alone.

Each week the student reads four passages, one from each of four tracks that run in parallel from the first week to the last: a General Old Testament reading that moves in order from Genesis to Malachi, a short Wisdom Literature reading from Proverbs, the Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon, a Gospels reading working straight through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and a General New Testament reading running from Acts through the letters to Revelation. Reading them side by side is the point. A week in Leviticus is easier to finish when it arrives with a psalm and an hour with Jesus, and the tracks illuminate each other in ways a straight-through reading never does.

The program assumes a congregation with two teaching times each week, most commonly a Sunday morning class and a midweek evening study. The teacher takes up one of the four readings in each session. The other two readings are not abandoned: each one carries five questions under the heading “Extended Class Discussion or Self-Study,” with space to write, and the Teacher’s Guide contains notes on every one of them. It works just as well for a single weekly class, for a family around a table, or for one person reading at the kitchen counter at six in the morning.

Teachers: every week has a matching Teacher’s Guide with a teaching aim, a suggested plan for both sessions, passage overviews, background and context, notes on each discussion question, answers for each of the extended questions, and a “Handle With Care” block naming the doctrinal and pastoral pressure points in that passage.

Start Here

The Program Guide explains how to run the program, how to choose which two readings to teach, what to do when someone falls behind, and the convictions behind the questions. It also contains a fill-in start-date worksheet and the complete 104-week reading chart. The weekly guides are undated, so a congregation may begin on any week of any year.

The Eight Quarters

The 104 weeks divide evenly into eight quarters of thirteen weeks. Each quarter is a natural place to print a batch of handouts, to hand off to a different teacher, or simply to stop and take stock. Click a quarter to open it.

Quarter One Weeks 1–13 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old TestamentGenesis 1 to Leviticus 7
WisdomProverbs 1 to 15
GospelsMatthew 1:1 to 14:12
New TestamentActs 1:1 to 14
Quarter Two Weeks 14–26 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old TestamentLeviticus 8 to Deuteronomy 34
WisdomProverbs 16 to 30
GospelsMatthew 14:13 to 26:25
New TestamentActs 15 to Romans 2:11
Quarter Three Weeks 27–39 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old TestamentJoshua 1 to 2 Samuel 24
WisdomProverbs 31 to Psalm 28
GospelsMatthew 26:26 to Mark 9:13
New TestamentRomans 2:12 to 1 Corinthians 7:16
Quarter Four Weeks 40–52 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old Testament1 Kings 1 to 2 Chronicles 20
WisdomPsalm 29 to 52
GospelsMark 9:14 to Luke 2:52
New Testament1 Corinthians 7:17 to 2 Corinthians 11
Quarter Five Weeks 53–65 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old Testament2 Chronicles 21 to Isaiah 10
WisdomPsalm 53 to 77
GospelsLuke 3 to 12:59
New Testament2 Corinthians 12 to Colossians 4:18
Quarter Six Weeks 66–78 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old TestamentIsaiah 11 to Jeremiah 27
WisdomPsalm 78 to 105
GospelsLuke 13 to 23:43
New Testament1 Thessalonians 1:1 to Hebrews 6:12
Quarter Seven Weeks 79–91 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old TestamentJeremiah 28 to Ezekiel 35
WisdomPsalm 106 to 135
GospelsLuke 23:44 to John 8:59
New TestamentHebrews 6:13 to 1 John 2:27
Quarter Eight Weeks 92–104 13 weeks · 26 guides
Old TestamentEzekiel 36 to Malachi 4
WisdomPsalm 136 to Song of Solomon 8:14
GospelsJohn 9 to 21:25
New Testament1 John 2:28 to Revelation 22

All materials are provided free of charge for classes and personal study. See How to Use These Studies for more.