Read the four Gospels in 30 days
Read the four Gospels in 30 days: read about 3.0 chapters a day, 2,796 words or 12 min of silent reading. The four Gospels is 89 chapters and 83,879 King James words, so 30 days works out as 2 to 5 chapters a day, whole chapters only. Day 1 is Matthew 1-5 and day 30 is John 19-21. The lightest day is 2,088 words (day 4, Matthew 13-14) and the heaviest 3,815 words (day 26, John 6-8).
Read the four Gospels in 30 days: every day
Whole chapters in Bible order. Open a block of days to see the readings.
Days 1 to 30Matthew 1-5 onward
| Day | Reading | Words | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew 1-5 | 3,117 | 13 min |
| 2 | Matthew 6-8 | 2,193 | 9 min |
| 3 | Matthew 9-12 | 3,592 | 15 min |
| 4 | Matthew 13-14 | 2,088 | 9 min |
| 5 | Matthew 15-18 | 2,962 | 12 min |
| 6 | Matthew 19-21 | 2,624 | 11 min |
| 7 | Matthew 22-24 | 2,708 | 11 min |
| 8 | Matthew 25-26 | 2,620 | 11 min |
| 9 | Matthew 27-28; Mark 1-2 | 3,434 | 14 min |
| 10 | Mark 3-5 | 2,538 | 11 min |
| 11 | Mark 6-8 | 2,971 | 12 min |
| 12 | Mark 9-10 | 2,382 | 10 min |
| 13 | Mark 11-13 | 2,662 | 11 min |
| 14 | Mark 14-16 | 2,957 | 12 min |
| 15 | Luke 1-2 | 2,677 | 11 min |
| 16 | Luke 3-5 | 2,987 | 13 min |
| 17 | Luke 6-7 | 2,438 | 10 min |
| 18 | Luke 8-9 | 2,888 | 12 min |
| 19 | Luke 10-12 | 3,730 | 16 min |
| 20 | Luke 13-15 | 2,401 | 10 min |
| 21 | Luke 16-18 | 2,428 | 10 min |
| 22 | Luke 19-21 | 2,821 | 12 min |
| 23 | Luke 22-24 | 3,568 | 15 min |
| 24 | John 1-3 | 2,277 | 10 min |
| 25 | John 4-5 | 2,095 | 9 min |
| 26 | John 6-8 | 3,815 | 16 min |
| 27 | John 9-11 | 2,853 | 12 min |
| 28 | John 12-14 | 2,617 | 11 min |
| 29 | John 15-18 | 2,984 | 13 min |
| 30 | John 19-21 | 2,452 | 10 min |
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About this plan
How many chapters a day is the 30-day plan?
3.0 on average: 89 chapters over 30 days. Days run from 2 to 5 chapters because the plan balances the length of each day in words, not in chapters.
How long does each day take?
12 min on average at 238 words a minute, the average adult silent reading speed. The lightest day is about 9 min and the heaviest about 16 min. Reading aloud at 183 words a minute adds about 30% to those times.
What is the hardest day of this plan?
Day 26, John 6-8, at 3,815 words (16 min). The plan never splits a chapter, so a stretch of long chapters makes a long day.
Can I start on any date?
Yes. The days are numbered, not dated. Pick any start day and count forward, or use the generator on the reading plan page to get a dated list you can copy or print.
Plans split whole chapters of the King James Version into days of about equal length. Words are counted from the full KJV text (apostrophes join a word, so LORD's is one word); minutes assume the average adult silent reading rate of 238 words a minute (Brysbaert 2019). A day is never shorter than one chapter or longer than the chapters that come nearest to the daily average. Data compiled 2026-10-03.