February 2021 Readings

Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Feb Matt. 12:1-14; Mark 2:23-3:6; Luke 6:1-11 37 02-Feb Matt. 12:15-21; Mark 3:7-19; Luke 6:12-19 28 03-Feb Matt. 5:1-26 26 04-Feb Matt. 5:27-48 22 05-Feb Luke 6:20-36 17 06-Feb Matt. 6:1-15; Luke 11:1-4 19 07-Feb Matt. 6:16-34 19 08-Feb Luke 12:22-34 13 09-Feb Matt. 7:1-12; Luke 11:5-13 21 10-Feb Matt. 7:13-20; Luke …

January 31 / Matt. 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39

Matthew 9:14-17, Mark 2:18-22, and Luke 5:33-39 Another day with three short readings, parallel accounts of the “fasting” issue from each of the three Synoptic gospels. And again, as with yesterday, in our readings two years ago each of these Synoptic gospels covered three events together in one or two readings. We did not make …

January 30 / Matt. 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32

Matthew 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17, and Luke 5:27-32 Another day with three short readings, parallel accounts of three events from each of the three Synoptic gospels. And again, as with yesterday, in our readings two years ago each of these Synoptic gospels covered those three events together in one or two readings. We did not make …

January 29 / Matt. 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26

Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, and Luke 5:17-26 Two years ago we covered three events in Matthew 9:1-17, but only focused on the second, the call of Levi, the tax collector; I made no comments on Matthew’s healing of the paralytic, so only Mark’s and Luke’s accounts are covered in the links below. I mention in …

January 28 / Matt. 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16

 Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45, and Luke 5:12-16 And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” (Mt. 8:4) Yes, the Synoptic writers agree on a lot of material, but it’s rare that they …

January 27 / Matt. 4:23-25; Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-5:11

Matthew 4:23-25, Mark 1:35-39, and Luke 4:42-5:11 RTNT 2021. And the people sought Him and came to Him, and would have kept Him from leaving them, but He said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well… (vv. Luke 4:42b-43a) Mark also reports one …

January 26 / Matt. 8:14-17; Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41

Matthew 8:14-17, Mark 1:29-34, and Luke 4:38-41 RTNT 2021. Today we do something different – we read small sections from each of the three Synoptic gospels. Each of these gospels reports on Jesus healing Peter’s mother-in-law, in four, six, and four verses, respectively. This will happen quite often in our chronological read since two or …

January 25 / Luke 4:14-37

Luke 4:14-37 RTNT 2021. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about Him went out through all the surrounding country. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. (vv. 14-15) I like reading two or three translations – they often are quite different. Today’s NASB is …

January 24 / Mark 1:14-28

Mark 1:14-28 RTNT 2021. Yesterday I tried to put together a chronology of Jesus’ early ministry, intermixing John’s gospel with the Synoptic gospels. Evidently I did the same thing two years ago – see the first 2019 item below. The two chronologies differ and I don’t know which I prefer. But I’m sure that neither …

January 23 / Matt. 4:12-22

Matthew 4:12-22 RTNT 2021. Anyone who is reading the Bible or the New Testament or only the gospels for the first time will naturally begin the gospels with Matthew. And beyond His early life all they have of Jesus is His baptism and His temptation in the wilderness. Then He heads to Galilee and calls …