LUKE READING PLAN
LUKE READING PLAN Welcome to the study of Luke! Each day will focus on a passage of scripture from Luke. For the full experience we invite you to read the daily reading before reading the First 5 teaching for that day. Day 1 Reading: Luke 1:1-25 Key Verse: Luke 1:13 (NIV) “But the angel said to him: ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has
been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.’” Day 2 Reading: Luke 1:26-38 Key Verse: Luke 1:38a (NIV) “’I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be
fulfilled.’” Day 3 Reading: Luke 1:39-80 Key Verse: Luke 1:41-42 (NIV) “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!’” Day 4 Reading: Luke 2:1-21 Key Verse: Luke 2:11 (NIV) “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the
Messiah, the Lord.” Day 5 Reading: Luke 2:22-52 Key Verse: Luke 2:46-47 (NIV) “After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.” Day 6 Reading: Luke 3 Key Verse: Luke 3:16 (NIV) “John answered them all, ‘I baptize you with water. But one who is more
powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.’”
Day 7 Reading: Luke 4:1-15 Key Verse: Luke 4:14 (NIV) “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him
spread through the whole countryside.” Day 8 Reading: Luke 4:16-44 Key Verse: Luke 4:42 (NIV) “At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking
for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.” Day 9 Reading: Luke 5 Key Verse: Luke 5:15-16 “Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to
hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” Day 10 Reading: Luke 6 Key Verse: Luke 6:32-33 (NIV) “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners
love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.” Day 11 Reading: Luke 7 Key Verse: Luke 7:44 (NIV) “Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, ‘Do you see this
woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.’” Day 12 Reading: Luke 8 Key Verse: Luke 8:15 (NIV) “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart,
who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” Day 13 Reading: Luke 9:1-27 Key Verse: Luke 9:23 (NIV) “Then he said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’”
Day 14 Reading: Luke 9:28-62 Key Verse: Luke 9:41a (NIV) “‘You unbelieving and perverse generation,’ Jesus replied, ‘how long shall I
stay with you and put up with you?’” Day 15 Reading: Luke 10 Key Verse: Luke 10:41-42 (NIV) “‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset
about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’” Day 16 Reading: Luke 11 Key Verse: Luke 11:21-22 (NIV) “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions
are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.” Day 17 Reading: Luke 12:1-34 Key Verse: Luke 12:13 (NIV) “Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the
inheritance with me.’” Day 18 Reading: Luke 12:35-59 Key Verse: Luke 12:35-36 (NIV) “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants
waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.” Day 19 Reading: Luke 13 Key Verse: Luke 13:12-13 (NIV) “When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you
are set free from your infirmity.’ Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.” Day 20 Reading: Luke 14 Key Verse: Luke 14:11 (NIV) “For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who
humble themselves will be exalted.”
Day 21 Reading: Luke 15 Key Verse: Luke 15:9 (NIV) “And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and
says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’” Day 22 Reading: Luke 16 Key Verse: Luke 16:14-15 (NIV) “The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at
Jesus. He said to them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.’” Day 23 Reading: Luke 17 Key Verse: Luke 17:4 (NIV) “Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back
to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” Day 24 Reading: Luke 18 Key Verse: Luke 18:22 (NIV) “When Jesus heard this, he said to him, ‘You still lack one thing. Sell
everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” Day 25 Reading: Luke 19:1-27 Key Verse: Luke 19:9-10 (NIV) “Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this
man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’” Day 26 Reading: Luke 19:28-48 Key Verse: Luke 19:41-42 (NIV) “As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and
said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.’” Day 27 Reading: Luke 20 Key Verse: Luke 20:26 (NIV) “They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And
astonished by his answer, they became silent.”
Day 28 Reading: Luke 21 Key Verse: Luke 21:3 (NIV) “’Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the
others.’” Day 29 Reading: Luke 22:1-38 Key Verse: Luke 22:23 (NIV) “They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who
would do this.” Day 30 Reading: Luke 22:39-71 Key Verse: Luke 22:61-62 (NIV) “The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter
remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly.” Day 31 Reading: Luke 23:1-25 Key Verse: Luke 23:12 (NIV) “That day Herod and Pilate became friends—before this they had been
enemies.” Day 32 Reading: Luke 23:26-56 Key Verse: Luke 23:34 (NIV) “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are
doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” Day 33 Reading: Luke 24:1-12 Key Verse: Luke 24:11-12 (NIV) “But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to
them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.” Day 34 Reading: Luke 24:13-35 Key Verse: Luke 24:32 (NIV) “They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he
talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’” Day 35 Reading: Luke 24:36-53 Key Verse: Luke 24:45 (NIV) “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.”
been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.’” Day 2 Reading: Luke 1:26-38 Key Verse: Luke 1:38a (NIV) “’I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be
fulfilled.’” Day 3 Reading: Luke 1:39-80 Key Verse: Luke 1:41-42 (NIV) “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!’” Day 4 Reading: Luke 2:1-21 Key Verse: Luke 2:11 (NIV) “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the
Messiah, the Lord.” Day 5 Reading: Luke 2:22-52 Key Verse: Luke 2:46-47 (NIV) “After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the
teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.” Day 6 Reading: Luke 3 Key Verse: Luke 3:16 (NIV) “John answered them all, ‘I baptize you with water. But one who is more
powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.’”
Day 7 Reading: Luke 4:1-15 Key Verse: Luke 4:14 (NIV) “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him
spread through the whole countryside.” Day 8 Reading: Luke 4:16-44 Key Verse: Luke 4:42 (NIV) “At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking
for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.” Day 9 Reading: Luke 5 Key Verse: Luke 5:15-16 “Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to
hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” Day 10 Reading: Luke 6 Key Verse: Luke 6:32-33 (NIV) “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners
love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.” Day 11 Reading: Luke 7 Key Verse: Luke 7:44 (NIV) “Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, ‘Do you see this
woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.’” Day 12 Reading: Luke 8 Key Verse: Luke 8:15 (NIV) “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart,
who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” Day 13 Reading: Luke 9:1-27 Key Verse: Luke 9:23 (NIV) “Then he said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’”
Day 14 Reading: Luke 9:28-62 Key Verse: Luke 9:41a (NIV) “‘You unbelieving and perverse generation,’ Jesus replied, ‘how long shall I
stay with you and put up with you?’” Day 15 Reading: Luke 10 Key Verse: Luke 10:41-42 (NIV) “‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset
about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’” Day 16 Reading: Luke 11 Key Verse: Luke 11:21-22 (NIV) “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions
are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.” Day 17 Reading: Luke 12:1-34 Key Verse: Luke 12:13 (NIV) “Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the
inheritance with me.’” Day 18 Reading: Luke 12:35-59 Key Verse: Luke 12:35-36 (NIV) “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants
waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.” Day 19 Reading: Luke 13 Key Verse: Luke 13:12-13 (NIV) “When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you
are set free from your infirmity.’ Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.” Day 20 Reading: Luke 14 Key Verse: Luke 14:11 (NIV) “For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who
humble themselves will be exalted.”
Day 21 Reading: Luke 15 Key Verse: Luke 15:9 (NIV) “And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and
says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’” Day 22 Reading: Luke 16 Key Verse: Luke 16:14-15 (NIV) “The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at
Jesus. He said to them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.’” Day 23 Reading: Luke 17 Key Verse: Luke 17:4 (NIV) “Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back
to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” Day 24 Reading: Luke 18 Key Verse: Luke 18:22 (NIV) “When Jesus heard this, he said to him, ‘You still lack one thing. Sell
everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” Day 25 Reading: Luke 19:1-27 Key Verse: Luke 19:9-10 (NIV) “Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this
man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’” Day 26 Reading: Luke 19:28-48 Key Verse: Luke 19:41-42 (NIV) “As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and
said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.’” Day 27 Reading: Luke 20 Key Verse: Luke 20:26 (NIV) “They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And
astonished by his answer, they became silent.”
Day 28 Reading: Luke 21 Key Verse: Luke 21:3 (NIV) “’Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the
others.’” Day 29 Reading: Luke 22:1-38 Key Verse: Luke 22:23 (NIV) “They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who
would do this.” Day 30 Reading: Luke 22:39-71 Key Verse: Luke 22:61-62 (NIV) “The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter
remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly.” Day 31 Reading: Luke 23:1-25 Key Verse: Luke 23:12 (NIV) “That day Herod and Pilate became friends—before this they had been
enemies.” Day 32 Reading: Luke 23:26-56 Key Verse: Luke 23:34 (NIV) “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are
doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” Day 33 Reading: Luke 24:1-12 Key Verse: Luke 24:11-12 (NIV) “But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to
them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.” Day 34 Reading: Luke 24:13-35 Key Verse: Luke 24:32 (NIV) “They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he
talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’” Day 35 Reading: Luke 24:36-53 Key Verse: Luke 24:45 (NIV) “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.”
