Read the New Testament in 30 days
Read the New Testament in 30 days: read about 8.7 chapters a day, 6,013 words or 25 min of silent reading. New Testament is 260 chapters and 180,388 King James words, so 30 days works out as 5 to 16 chapters a day, whole chapters only. Day 1 is Matthew 1-9 and day 30 is Revelation 12-22. The lightest day is 5,366 words (day 12, John 3-7) and the heaviest 6,777 words (day 13, John 8-14).
Read the New Testament in 30 days: every day
Whole chapters in Bible order. Open a block of days to see the readings.
Days 1 to 30Matthew 1-9 onward
| Day | Reading | Words | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew 1-9 | 6,147 | 26 min |
| 2 | Matthew 10-15 | 5,628 | 24 min |
| 3 | Matthew 16-23 | 6,462 | 27 min |
| 4 | Matthew 24-28 | 5,447 | 23 min |
| 5 | Mark 1-7 | 6,321 | 27 min |
| 6 | Mark 8-13 | 5,886 | 25 min |
| 7 | Mark 14-16; Luke 1-3 | 6,651 | 28 min |
| 8 | Luke 4-8 | 5,839 | 25 min |
| 9 | Luke 9-13 | 6,051 | 25 min |
| 10 | Luke 14-20 | 5,966 | 25 min |
| 11 | Luke 21-24; John 1-2 | 5,902 | 25 min |
| 12 | John 3-7 | 5,366 | 23 min |
| 13 | John 8-14 | 6,777 | 28 min |
| 14 | John 15-21 | 5,436 | 23 min |
| 15 | Acts 1-7 | 5,992 | 25 min |
| 16 | Acts 8-14 | 6,266 | 26 min |
| 17 | Acts 15-21 | 6,311 | 27 min |
| 18 | Acts 22-28 | 5,677 | 24 min |
| 19 | Romans 1-10 | 6,079 | 26 min |
| 20 | Romans 11-16; 1 Corinthians 1-6 | 6,120 | 26 min |
| 21 | 1 Corinthians 7-15 | 6,240 | 26 min |
| 22 | 1 Corinthians 16; 2 Corinthians 1-11 | 5,609 | 24 min |
| 23 | 2 Corinthians 12-13; Galatians 1-6; Ephesians 1-4 | 5,979 | 25 min |
| 24 | Ephesians 5-6; Philippians 1-4; Colossians 1-4; 1 Thessalonians 1-3 | 6,226 | 26 min |
| 25 | 1 Thessalonians 4-5; 2 Thessalonians 1-3; 1 Timothy 1-6; 2 Timothy 1-4; Titus 1 | 6,079 | 26 min |
| 26 | Titus 2-3; Philemon 1; Hebrews 1-10 | 5,767 | 24 min |
| 27 | Hebrews 11-13; James 1-5; 1 Peter 1-3 | 6,120 | 26 min |
| 28 | 1 Peter 4-5; 2 Peter 1-3; 1 John 1-5; 2 John 1; 3 John 1; Jude 1 | 6,049 | 25 min |
| 29 | Revelation 1-11 | 5,788 | 24 min |
| 30 | Revelation 12-22 | 6,207 | 26 min |
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About this plan
How many chapters a day is the 30-day plan?
8.7 on average: 260 chapters over 30 days. Days run from 5 to 16 chapters because the plan balances the length of each day in words, not in chapters.
How long does each day take?
25 min on average at 238 words a minute, the average adult silent reading speed. The lightest day is about 23 min and the heaviest about 28 min. Reading aloud at 183 words a minute adds about 30% to those times.
What is the hardest day of this plan?
Day 13, John 8-14, at 6,777 words (28 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.