In addition to praying with the Church by meditating upon the Gospels in the daily Liturgy, some men may want to study and mediate upon each of the Gospels individually in Gospel order (ie. Mt 1, Mt 2, Mt, 3, etc.). The chart below provides several study plans with references to each of the Gospels in order.
For those who desire to read the Gospel in a year beginning in January, the Annual Reading Plan by Date (1) provides a daily schedule for each day of the year to read the entire Gospels by December 31. Find the calendar day in column (1), the Daily Reading Verses in column (4) and the Daily Devotional page number in column (5).
For those who wish to read the Gospels starting at any date and read them in one year, column (2) provides a 365 daily reading schedule; the Daily Reading Verses are noted in column (4) and the Daily Devotional page number in column (5). You can track your progress by making a check mark when you have completed a reading.
Some men may wish to set a goal to read a Gospel in a month’s time or all four Gospels in four months. Column (3) provides a daily schedule to read each Gospel in a month’s time; the Daily Reading Verses are noted in column (4) and the Daily Devotional page number in column (5).
Reading the Four Gospels in a Year or Each Gospel in one Month
Annual Reading Plan by Date (1) | 365 Day Reading Plan (2) | Read each Gospel in a Month (3) | Daily Reading Verses (4) | Devotional Page (5) |
January | Month | MATTHEW | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | Mt 1:1-17 (insert page) | (insert page) |
Mt 1:18-25 | ||||
2 | 2 | 2 | Mt 2:1-13 | |
Mt 2:13-18 | ||||
3 | 3 | 3 | Mt 3:1-12 | |
Mt 3:13-17 | ||||
4 | 4 | 4 | Mt 4:1-11 | |
5 | 5 | Mt 4:12-23 | ||
6 | 6 | 5 | Mt 5:1-12 | |
7 | 7 | Mt 5:13-16 | ||
8 | 8 | Mt 5:13-19 | ||
9 | 9 | Mt 5:20-26 | ||
10 | 10 | 6 | Mt 5:27-32 | |
11 | 11 | Mt 5:33-37 | ||
12 | 12 | Mt 5:38-42 | ||
Mt 5:43-48 | ||||
13 | 13 | 7 | Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 | |
Mt 6:7-15 | ||||
14 | 14 | Mt 6:19-23 | ||
15 | 15 | Mt 6:24-34 | ||
16 | 16 | 8 | Mt 7:1-6 | |
17 | 17 | Mt 7:7-12 | ||
18 | 18 | Mt 7:6, 12-14 | ||
19 | 19 | Mt 7:15-20 | ||
20 | 20 | Mt 7:21-29 | ||
21 | 21 | 9 | Mt 8:1-4 | |
Mt 8:5-17 | ||||
22 | 22 | Mt 8:18-22 | ||
23 | 23 | Mt 8:23-27 | ||
24 | 24 | Mt 8:28-34 | ||
25 | 25 | 10 | Mt 9:1-8 | |
26 | 26 | Mt 9:9-13 | ||
27 | 27 | Mt 9:14-17 | ||
28 | 28 | Mt 9:18-26 | ||
29 | 29 | 11 | Mt 9:27-31 | |
30 | 30 | Mt 9:32-38 | ||
31 | 31 | 12 | Mt 10:1-7 | |
February | ||||
1 | 32 | Mt 10:7-15 | ||
2 | 33 | Mt 10:16-23 | ||
3 | 34 | Mt 10:17-22 | ||
4 | 35 | Mt 10:22-25 | ||
13 | Mt 10:26-33 | |||
5 | 36 | Mt 10:34-11:1 | ||
Mt 11:2-11 | ||||
6 | 37 | Mt 11:11-15 | ||
7 | 38 | Mt 11:16-19 | ||
8 | 39 | Mt 11:20-24 | ||
9 | 40 | Mt 11:25-30 | ||
10 | 41 | 14 | Mt 12:1-8 | |
11 | 42 | Mt 12:9-13 – Not included; refer to: Mk 3:1-6 OR Lk 6:6-11 | ||
12 | 43 | Mt 12:14-21 | ||
13 | 44 | Mt 12:22-32 – Not included; refer to: Mk 3:22-30 OR Lk 11:14-23 | ||
14 | 45 | 15 | Mt 12:33-37 – Not included; refer to: Mt 7:15-20 OR Lk 6:43-49 | |
15 | 46 | Mt 12:38-42 | ||
16 | 47 | Mt 12:43-45 – Not included; refer to Lk 11:15-26 | ||
17 | 48 | Mt 12:46-53 | ||
18 | 49 | 16 | Mt 13:1-9 | |
19 | 50 | Mt 13:10-17 | ||
20 | 51 | Mt 13:18-23 | ||
21 | 52 | Mt 13:24-30 | ||
22 | 53 | 17 | Mt 13:31-35 | |
23 | 54 | Mt 13:36-43 | ||
24 | 55 | Mt 13:44-52 | ||
25 | 56 | Mt 13:47-53 | ||
26 | 57 | Mt 13:54-58 | ||
27 | 58 | 18 | Mt 14:1-12 | |
28 | 59 | Mt 14:13-21 | ||
March | ||||
1 | 60 | Mt 14:22-36 | ||
2 | 61 | 19 | Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 | |
3 | 62 | Mt 15:3-9 – Not included; refer to Mk 7:1-13 | ||
4 | 63 | Mt 15:15-20 – Not included; refer to Mk 7:14-23 | ||
5 | 64 | Mt 15:21-28 | ||
6 | 65 | Mt 15:29-37 (includes v 38-39) | ||
7 | 66 | 20 | Mt 16:1-12 – Not included; refer to: Mk 8:11-13 AND Mk 8:14-21 | |
8 | 67 | Mt 16:13-20 | ||
9 | 68 | Mt 16:21-27 | ||
10 | 69 | Mt 16:24-28 | ||
11 | 70 | 21 | Mt 17:1-9 | |
12 | 71 | Mt 17:9a, 10-13 | ||
13 | 72 | Mt 17:14-20 (includes v 21) | ||
14 | 73 | Mt 17:22-27 | ||
15 | 74 | 22 | Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 | |
16 | 75 | Mt 18:6-9, 11 – Not included; refer to Mk 9:41-50 | ||
17 | 76 | Mt 18:15-20 | ||
18 | 77 | Mt 18:21-25 | ||
19 | 78 | Mt 18:21-19:1 | ||
20 | 79 | 23 | Mt 19:3-12 (includes v 2) | |
21 | 80 | Mt 19:13-15 | ||
22 | 81 | Mt 19:16-22 | ||
23 | 82 | Mt 19:23-30 | ||
24 | 83 | 24 | Mt 20:1-16 | |
25 | 84 | Mt 20:17-28 | ||
26 | 85 | Mt 20:29-34 – Not included; refer to: Mk 10:46-52 OR Lk 18:35-43 | ||
27 | 86 | 25 | Mt 21:1-11 | |
28 | 87 | Mt 21:12-22 – Not included; refer to Mk 11:11-26 | ||
29 | 88 | Mt 21:23-27 | ||
30 | 89 | Mt 21:28-32 | ||
31 | 90 | Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 (includes v 44) | ||
April | ||||
1 | 91 | 26 | Mt 22:1-14 | |
2 | 92 | Mt 22:15-21 | ||
3 | 93 | Mt 22:22-33 – Not included; refer to: Mk 12:18-27 OR Lk 20:27-38 | ||
4 | 94 | Mt 22:34-40 | ||
5 | 95 | Mt 22:41-46 – Not included; refer to Mk 12:35-37 | ||
6 | 96 | 27 | Mt 23:1-12 | |
7 | 97 | Mt 23:13-22 | ||
8 | 98 | Mt 23:23-26 | ||
9 | 99 | Mt 23:27-32 (includes v 33-39) | ||
10 | 100 | 28 | Mt 24:1-36 – Not included; refer to: Lk 21:5-11 AND Lk 21:12-19 AND Lk 21:20-28 AND Lk 21:29-33 | |
11 | 101 | Mt 24:37-44 | ||
Mt 24:42-51 | ||||
12 | 102 | 29 | Mt 25:1-13 | |
13 | 103 | Mt 25:14-30 | ||
Mt 25:31-46 | ||||
14 | 104 | 30 | Mt 26:1-13 – Not included; refer to: Jn 11:45-56 AND Jn 12:1-11 | |
15 | 105 | Mt 26:14-25 | ||
16 | 106 | Mt 26:14-27:66 | ||
17 | 107 | 31 | Mt 28:1-10 | |
Mt 28:8-15 | ||||
18 | 108 | Mt 28:16-20 | ||
| Date | Month | MARK | ||
19 | 109 | 1 | Mk 1:1-8 | |
20 | 110 | Mk 1:7-11 | ||
21 | 111 | Mk 1:12-15 | ||
22 | 112 | 2 | Mk 1:14-20 | |
23 | 113 | Mk 1:21-28 | ||
24 | 114 | Mk 1:29-39 | ||
25 | 115 | 3 | Mk 1:40-45 | |
26 | 116 | Mk 2:1-12 | ||
27 | 117 | Mk 2:13-17 | ||
28 | 118 | 4 | Mk 2:18-22 | |
May | ||||
1 | 119 | Mk 2:23-28 | ||
2 | 120 | 5 | Mk 3:1-6 | |
3 | 121 | Mk 3:7-12 | ||
4 | 122 | 6 | Mk 3:13-19 | |
5 | 123 | Mk 3:20-35 | ||
6 | 124 | Mk 3:31-35 | ||
7 | 125 | 7 | Mk 4:1-20 | |
8 | 126 | Mk 4:21-25 | ||
9 | 127 | 8 | Mk 4:26-34 | |
10 | 128 | Mk 4:35-41 | ||
11 | 129 | 9 | Mk 5:1-20 | |
12 | 130 | Mk 5:21-43 | ||
13 | 131 | 10 | Mk 6:1-6 | |
14 | 132 | Mk 6:7-13 | ||
15 | 133 | Mk 6:14-29 | ||
16 | 134 | Mk 6:30-34 | ||
17 | 135 | 11 | Mk 6:34-44 | |
18 | 136 | Mk 6:45-52 | ||
19 | 137 | Mk 6:53-56 | ||
20 | 138 | 12 | Mk 7:1-13 | |
21 | 139 | Mk 7:14-23 | ||
22 | 140 | Mk 7:24-30 | ||
23 | 141 | Mk 7:31-37 | ||
24 | 142 | 13 | Mk 8:1-10 | |
25 | 143 | Mk 8:11-13 | ||
26 | 144 | Mk 8:14-21 | ||
27 | 145 | 14 | Mk 8:22-26 | |
28 | 146 | Mk 8:27-33 | ||
29 | 147 | Mk 8:34-9:1 | ||
30 | 148 | 15 | Mk 9:2-13 | |
31 | 149 | Mk 9:14-29 | ||
June | ||||
1 | 150 | Mk 9:30-37 | ||
16 | Mk 9:38-40 | |||
2 | 151 | Mk 9:41-50 | ||
3 | 152 | 17 | Mk 10:1-12 | |
4 | 153 | Mk 10:13-16 | ||
5 | 154 | Mk 10:17-27 | ||
6 | 155 | 18 | Mk 10:28-31 | |
7 | 156 | Mk 10:32-45 | ||
8 | 157 | Mk 10:46-52 | ||
9 | 158 | 19 | Mk 11:1-10 | |
10 | 159 | Mk 11:11-26 | ||
11 | 160 | 20 | Mk 11:27-33 | |
12 | 171 | 21 | Mk 12:1-12 | |
13 | 162 | 22 | Mk 12:13-17 | |
14 | 163 | 23 | Mk 12:18-27 | |
15 | 164 | 24 | Mk 12:28-34 | |
16 | 165 | 25 | Mk 12:35-37 | |
17 | 166 | 26 | Mk 12:38-44 | |
18 | 167 | 27 | Mk 12:41-44 | |
19 | 168 | 28 | Mk 13:1-23 – Not included; refer to: Lk 21:5-11 AND Lk 21:12-19 AND Lk 21:20-28 | |
20 | 169 | 29 | Mk 13:24-32 | |
21 | 170 | Mk 13:33-37 | ||
22 | 171 | 30 | Mk 14:1-15:47 | |
23 | 172 | Mk 16:1-7 (includes v 8) | ||
24 | 173 | 31 | Mk 16:9-15 | |
25 | 174 | Mk 16:15-20 | ||
Month | LUKE | |||
26 | 175 | 1 | Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 | |
27 | 176 | Lk 1:5-25 | ||
28 | 177 | Lk 1:26-38 | ||
29 | 178 | Lk 1:39-45 | ||
30 | 179 | 2 | Lk 1:46-56 | |
July | ||||
1 | 180 | Lk 1:57-66 | ||
2 | 181 | Lk 1:67-79 | ||
3 | 182 | 3 | Lk 2:1-14 | |
4 | 183 | Lk 2:15-20 | ||
5 | 184 | Lk 2:16-21 | ||
6 | 185 | Lk 2:22-40 | ||
7 | 186 | Lk 2:41-52 | ||
8 | 187 | 4 | Lk 3:1-6 (includes v 7-9) | |
9 | 188 | Lk 3:10-18 | ||
10 | 189 | Lk 3:19-20 – Not included; refer to Mk 6:17-29 | ||
11 | 190 | Lk 3:23-38 | ||
12 | 191 | 5 | Lk 4:1-13 | |
13 | 192 | Lk 4:14-22 | ||
14 | 193 | Lk 4:21-30 | ||
15 | 194 | 6 | Lk 4:24-30 | |
16 | 195 | Lk 4:31-37 | ||
17 | 196 | Lk 4:38-44 | ||
18 | 197 | 7 | Lk 5:1-11 | |
19 | 198 | Lk 5:12-16 | ||
20 | 199 | Lk 5:17-26 | ||
21 | 200 | Lk 5:27-32 | ||
22 | 201 | Lk 5:33-39 | ||
23 | 202 | 8 | Lk 6:1-5 | |
24 | 203 | Lk 6:6-11 | ||
25 | 204 | Lk 6:12-19 | ||
26 | 205 | Lk 6:20-26 | ||
27 | 206 | 9 | Lk 6:27-38 | |
28 | 207 | Lk 6:39-42 | ||
29 | 208 | Lk 6:43-49 | ||
30 | 209 | 10 | Lk 7:1-10 | |
31 | 210 | Lk 7:11-17 | ||
August | ||||
1 | 211 | Lk 7:18b-23 | ||
2 | 213 | Lk 7:24-30 | ||
3 | 213 | 11 | Lk 7:31-35 | |
4 | 214 | Lk 7:36-50 | ||
5 | 215 | 12 | Lk 8:1-3 | |
6 | 216 | Lk 8:4-15 | ||
7 | 217 | Lk 8:16-18 | ||
8 | 218 | Lk 8:19-21 | ||
9 | 219 | Lk 8:22-56 – Not included; refer to: Mk 4:35-41 AND Mt 8:28-34 AND Mk 5:21-43 | ||
10 | 220 | 13 | Lk 9:1-6 | |
11 | 221 | Lk 9:7-9 | ||
12 | 222 | Lk 9:11b-17 (includes v 10) | ||
13 | 223 | Lk 9:18-22 | ||
14 | 224 | Lk 9:22-25 (includes v 26-27) | ||
15 | 225 | 14 | Lk 9:28b-36 | |
16 | 226 | Lk 9:37-43a – Not included; refer to Mk 9:14-29 | ||
17 | 227 | Lk 9:43b-45 | ||
18 | 228 | Lk 9:46-50 | ||
19 | 229 | Lk 9:51-62 | ||
20 | 230 | 15 | Lk 10:1-12 | |
21 | 231 | Lk 10:13-16 | ||
22 | 232 | Lk 10:17-24 | ||
23 | 233 | Lk 10:25-37 | ||
24 | 234 | Lk 10:38-42 | ||
25 | 235 | 16 | Lk 11:1-4 | |
26 | 236 | Lk 11:5-13 | ||
27 | 237 | Lk 11:14-23 | ||
28 | 238 | Lk 11:15-26 | ||
29 | 239 | Lk 11:27-28 | ||
30 | 240 | 17 | Lk 11:29-32 | |
31 | 241 | |||
September | ||||
1 | 242 | Lk 11:33-36 – Not included; refer to Mt 6:19-23 | ||
2 | 243 | Lk 11:37-41 | ||
3 | 244 | Lk 11:42-46 | ||
Lk 11:47-54 | ||||
4 | 245 | 18 | Lk 12:1-7 | |
5 | 246 | Lk 12:8-12 | ||
6 | 247 | Lk 12:13-21 | ||
7 | 248 | Lk 12:22-31 – Not included; refer to Mt 6:24-34 | ||
8 | 249 | Lk 12:35-38 (Includes v 32-34) | ||
9 | 250 | 19 | Lk 12:39-48 | |
10 | 251 | Lk 12:49-53 | ||
11 | 252 | Lk 12:54-59 | ||
12 | 253 | 20 | Lk 13:1-9 | |
13 | 254 | Lk 13:10-17 | ||
14 | 255 | Lk 13:18-21 | ||
15 | 256 | Lk 13:22-30 | ||
16 | 257 | Lk 13:31-35 | ||
17 | 258 | 21 | Lk 14:1-6 | |
18 | 259 | Lk 14:1, 7-11 | ||
19 | 260 | Lk 14:12-14 | ||
20 | 261 | Lk 14:15-24 | ||
21 | 262 | Lk 14:25-33 | ||
22 | 263 | Lk 14:34-35 – Not included; refer to Mt 5:13-16 | ||
23 | 264 | 22 | Lk 15:1-10 | |
24 | 265 | Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 | ||
25 | 266 | 23 | Lk 16:1-8 | |
26 | 267 | Lk 16:9-15 | ||
27 | 268 | Lk 16:16-18 – Not included; refer to: Mt 11:11-15 AND Mt 5:27-32 | ||
28 | 269 | Lk 16:19-31 | ||
29 | 270 | 24 | Lk 17:1-6 | |
30 | 271 | Lk 17:7-10 | ||
October | ||||
1 | 272 | Lk 17:11-19 | ||
2 | 273 | Lk 17:20-25 | ||
3 | 274 | Lk 17:26-37 | ||
4 | 275 | 25 | Lk 18:1-8 | |
5 | 276 | Lk 18:9-14 | ||
6 | 277 | Lk 18:15-17 – Not included; refer to: Mt 19:13-15 OR Mk 10:13-16 | ||
7 | 278 | Lk 18:18-30 – Not included; refer to: Mt 19:16-22 AND Mt 19:23-30 | ||
8 | 279 | Lk 18:35-43 (includes v 31-34) | ||
9 | 280 | 26 | Lk 19:1-10 | |
10 | 281 | Lk 19:11-28 | ||
11 | 282 | Lk 19:28-40 | ||
12 | 283 | Lk 19:41-44 | ||
13 | 284 | Lk 19:45-48 | ||
14 | 285 | 27 | Lk 20:1-26 – Not included; refer to: Mt 21:23-27 AND Mt 21:33-43 AND Mt 22:15-21 | |
15 | 286 | Lk 20:27-38 | ||
16 | 287 | Lk 20:27-40 | ||
17 | 288 | Lk 20:41-47 – Not included; refer to: Mk 12:35-37 OR Mt 12:38-42 | ||
18 | 289 | 28 | Lk 21:1-4 – Not included; refer to Mk 12:41-44 | |
19 | 290 | Lk 21:5-11 | ||
20 | 291 | Lk 21:12-19 | ||
21 | 292 | Lk 21:20-28 | ||
22 | 293 | Lk 21:29-33 | ||
23 | 294 | Lk 21:34-36 (includes v 37-38) | ||
24 | 295 | 29 | Lk 22:1-13 – Not included; refer to: Jn 11:45-56 OR Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 | |
25 | 296 | Lk 22:14-23:56 | ||
26 | 297 | 30 | Lk 23:1-49 | |
27 | 298 | Lk 24:1-12 | ||
28 | 299 | 31 | Lk 24:13-35 | |
29 | 300 | Lk 24:35-48 | ||
30 | 301 | Lk 24:46-53 | ||
Month | JOHN | |||
31 | 302 | 1 | Jn 1:1-18 | |
November | ||||
1 | 303 | Jn 1:19-28 | ||
2 | 304 | Jn 1:29-34 | ||
3 | 305 | Jn 1:35-42 | ||
4 | 306 | Jn 1:43-51 | ||
5 | 307 | 2 | Jn 2:1-11 (includes v 12) | |
6 | 308 | Jn 2:13-25 | ||
7 | 309 | 3 | Jn 3:1-8 | |
8 | 310 | Jn 3:7b-15 | ||
9 | 311 | Jn 3:16-21 | ||
10 | 312 | 4 | Jn 3:22-30 | |
11 | 313 | Jn 3:31-36 | ||
12 | 314 | 5 | Jn 4:5-42 (includes v 1-4) | |
13 | 315 | Jn 4:43-54 | ||
14 | 316 | 6 | Jn 5:1-16 | |
15 | 317 | Jn 5:17-30 | ||
16 | 318 | Jn 5:31-47 | ||
17 | 319 | 7 | Jn 6:1-15 | |
18 | 320 | Jn 6:16-21 | ||
19 | 321 | 8 | Jn 6:22-29 | |
20 | 322 | Jn 6:30-35 | ||
21 | 323 | Jn 6:35-40 (includes v 41-43) | ||
22 | 324 | 9 | Jn 6:44-51 | |
23 | 325 | Jn 6:52-59 | ||
24 | 326 | Jn 6:60-69 (includes v 70-71) | ||
25 | 327 | 10 | Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 (includes v 3-9, 11-24) | |
26 | 328 | Jn 7:37-39 (includes v 31-36) | ||
27 | 329 | Jn 7:40-53 | ||
28 | 330 | 11 | Jn 8:1-11 | |
29 | 331 | Jn 8:12-20 | ||
30 | 332 | Jn 8:21-30 | ||
12 | Jn 8:31-42 (includes v 43-50) | |||
December | Month 12 | |||
1 | 333 | Jn 8:51-59 | ||
2 | 334 | Jn 9:1-41 | ||
3 | 335 | 13 | Jn 10:1-10 | |
4 | 336 | Jn 10:11-18 (includes v 19-21) | ||
5 | 337 | Jn 10:22-30 | ||
6 | 338 | Jn 10:31-42 | ||
7 | 339 | 14 | Jn 11:1-45 | |
8 | 340 | Jn 12:1-11 | ||
9 | 341 | Jn 12:12-16 (includes v 17-19) | ||
10 | 342 | 15 | Jn 12:20-33 (includes v 34-43) | |
11 | 343 | Jn 12:44-50 | ||
12 | 344 | Jn 13:1-15 | ||
13 | 345 | 16 | Jn 13:16-20 | |
14 | 346 | Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 | ||
15 | 347 | Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 | ||
16 | 348 | 17 | Jn 14:1-6 | |
Jn 14:7-14 | ||||
17 | 349 | 18 | Jn 14:15-21 | |
Jn 14:21-26 | ||||
18 | 350 | 19 | Jn 14:23-29 | |
Jn 14:27-31a | ||||
19 | 351 | 20 | Jn 15:1-8 | |
Jn 15:9-11 | ||||
20 | 352 | 21 | Jn 15:12-17 | |
Jn 15:18-21 (includes v 22-25) | ||||
21 | 353 | 22 | Jn 15:26-16:4 | |
Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 | ||||
22 | 354 | 23 | Jn 16:5-11 | |
Jn 16:12-15 | ||||
23 | 355 | 24 | Jn 16:16-20 | |
Jn 16:20-23 | ||||
24 | 356 | 25 | Jn 16:23b-28 | |
Jn 16:29-33 | ||||
25 | 357 | 26 | Jn 17:1-11a | |
Jn 17:11b-19 | ||||
26 | 358 | 27 | Jn 17:20-26 | |
359 | Jn 18:1-19:42 | |||
27 | 360 | 28 | Jn 20:1-9 (includes v 10) | |
361 | Jn 20:11-18 | |||
28 | 362 | 29 | Jn 20:19-31 | |
29 | 363 | 30 | Jn 21:1-14 | |
30 | 364 | 31 | Jn 21:15-19 | |
31 | 365 | Jn 21:20-25 |