Sunday, April 12 - Matthew 28:11-20

While the women were heading back from the tomb, some of the guards went into the city and told the chief priests all that had happened.

When they had gathered and consulted with the elders, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, with the instructions: “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept. If the governor hears about it, we will persuade him and free you from worry.”  

So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told. A

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Saturday, April 11 - John 21:15-19

After they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him, “Take care of my lambs.”  A second time Jesus said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him, “Take care of my sheep.”  A third time Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter became sad because Jesus asked hi

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Friday, April 10 - John 21:1-14

After this, Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias. This is how it happened.  Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael (the one from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together.  Simon Peter said to the others, “I am going fishing.”

“We will come with you,” they told him. So they went out in a boat, but all that night they did not catch a thing.  As the sun was rising, Jesus stood at the water's e

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Thursday, April 9 - John 20:24-29

Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace b

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Wednesday, April 8 - Luke 24:36-43

Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.”  But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.  And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?  Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.” 

When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.  But while t

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Tuesday, April 7 - Luke 24:13-35

That same day, Sunday, two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles out of Jerusalem. As they walked along they were talking of Jesus’ death, when suddenly Jesus himself came along and joined them and began walking beside them. But they didn’t recognize him, for God kept them from it. 

“You seem to be in a deep discussion about something,” he said. “What are you so concerned about?” They stopped short, sadness written across their faces. And o

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Monday, April 6 - John 20:1-17

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. So she ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple (the one Jesus loved), and said to them, “They have taken the Lord away out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”

So Peter and the other disciple went out and ran together toward the tomb. The other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first, stoo

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Easter Sunday, April 5 - Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the l

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Saturday, April 4 - John 19:38-42

Afterwards Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jewish leaders, boldly asked Pilate for permission to take Jesus’ body down; and Pilate told him to go ahead. So he came and took it away. Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night, came too, bringing a hundred pounds of embalming ointment made from myrrh and aloes. Together they wrapped Jesus’ body in a long linen cloth saturated with the spices, as is the Jewish custom o

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Friday, April 3 - Luke 23:33-49

And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour

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Thursday, April 2 - Matthew 27:27-32

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took o

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Wednesday, April 1 - Matthew 27:15-26

Now the governor’s custom was to release one Jewish prisoner each year during the Passover celebration—anyone they wanted. This year there was a particularly notorious criminal in jail named Barabbas, and as the crowds gathered before Pilate’s house that morning he asked them, “Which shall I release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus your Messiah?” For he knew very well that the Jewish leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy because of his popularity with the people. 

Just then,

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Tuesday, March 31 - Luke 23:1-16

Then the entire assembly of them set out and brought Him before Pilate. And they began to bring charges against Him, saying, “We found this Man misleading our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.” Now Pilate asked Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “It is as you say.” But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charges in the case of this Man

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Monday, March 30 - Matthew 27:3-10

When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.” 

So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 

The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into th

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Sunday, March 29 - Mark 14:55-65

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.

And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

And the high priest stood up

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