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October 1: Luke 1; John 1:1-14 

John 1:14:  “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” 

October 2: Matthew 1; Luke 2:1-38 

Matthew 1:22-23:  “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord has said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’—which means, ‘God with us.’” 

October 3: Matthew 2; Luke 2:39-52 

Luke 2:40:  “And [Jesus] grew up and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.” 

October 4: Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3 

Mark 1:10-11:  “As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.  And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’” 

October 5: Matthew 4; Luke 4-5; John 1:15-51 

Luke 5:30-31:  “But the [Jewish teachers] complained to [Jesus’] disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and “sinners”?’  Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.  I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’” 

October 6: John 2-4 

John 3:16-17: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” 

October 7: Mark 2 

Mark 2:9-11:  “‘Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up, take your mat and walk?”  But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. . .’  Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.’” 

October 8: John 5 

John 5:19:  “Jesus gave them this answer: ‘I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.’” 

October 9: Matthew 12:1-21; Mark 3; Luke 6 

Luke 6:20-23:  “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.  Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.  Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate, exclude, and insult you. . . because of the Son of Man.  Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.” 

October 10: Matthew 5-7 

Matthew 6:33-34:  “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” 

October 11: Matthew 8:1-13; Luke 7 

Luke 7:45-47:  “This woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. . . .  Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much.  But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” 

October 12: Matthew 11 

Matthew 11:28-30:  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” 

October 13: Matthew 12:22-50; Luke 11 

Luke 11:9-10:  “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” 

October 14: Matthew 13; Luke 8 

Matthew 13:16-17:  Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.  For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” 

October 15: Matthew 8:14-34; Mark 4-5 

Mark 5:19:  “Jesus [told him], ‘Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.’  So the man went away and began to tell. . . how much Jesus had done for him.  And all the people were amazed.” 

October 16: Matthew 9-10 

Matthew 10:29-31:  “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?  Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.  And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” 

October 17: Matthew 14; Mark 6; Luke 9:1-17 

Luke 9:23-25: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.  What good is it for a man to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit his very self?” 

October 18: John 6 

John 6:35 & 40:  “I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.  For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” 

October 19: Matthew 15; Mark 7 

Matthew 15:17-18:  “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?  But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’” 

October 20: Matthew 16; Mark 8; Luke 9:18-27 

Matthew 16:27-28:  For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.  I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” 

October 21: Matthew 17; Mark 9; Luke 9:28-62 

Matthew 17:20:  “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you.” 

October 22: Matthew 18 

Matthew 18:12 & 14:  “If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?  In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” 

October 23: John 7-8 

John 7:37-38:  “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 

October 24: John 9:1-10:21 

John 10:14-15:  “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.” 

October 25: Luke 10-11; John 10:22-42 

John 10:27-28:  “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.” 

October 26: Luke 12-13 

Luke 12:11-12:  “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.” 

October 27: Luke 14-15 

Luke 14:26-27:  “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.  And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” 

October 28: Luke 16-17:10 

Luke 16:13:  “No servant can serve two masters.  Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve both God and Money.” 

October 29: John 11 

John 11:25-26:  “I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.  Do you believe this?” 

October 30: Luke 17:11-18:14 

Luke 17:24-25:  “For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.  But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.” 

October 31: Matthew 19; Mark 10 

Mark 10:6-9:  But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’  ‘For this reason a man will eave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’  So they are no longer two, but one.  Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”