2015
New Testament Scripture Challenge
January 2015


“New Testament Scripture Challenge,” Friend, Jan. 2015, 24–26

New Testament Scripture Challenge

Weekly reading suggestions for the New Testament scripture challenge.

Jesus told a story about a shepherd who loved his sheep and searched for one that was lost. This year you can learn more about Jesus’s teachings in the New Testament. Each time you do the weekly reading, color in the space for that number. If you read every week, you’ll finish by the end of the year!

Week

Reading

1

John the Baptist Prepared the Way for Jesus Christ

Matthew 3:1–6; Luke 1:5–25, 57–80

2

The Birth of Jesus Christ

Matthew 1:18–25; Luke 1:26–38; 2:1–20

3

The Childhood of Jesus Christ

Matthew 2; Luke 2:21–52

4

The Baptism of Jesus Christ

Matthew 3:13–17; John 3:5

5

Jesus Christ Was Tempted by Satan

Matthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:12–13; Luke 4:1–13

6

Jesus Christ Cleanses the Temple

Matthew 21:12–14; Luke 19:45–48; John 2:13–16

7

Jesus Christ Calls His Apostles

Matthew 4:18–22; 16:13–19; Mark 3:13–19; 16:15; Luke 5:1–11; 6:12–16

8

The Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 5:1–6:4; 7:12; Luke 6:17–36

9

Jesus Christ Teaches about Prayer

Matthew 6:5–13; 7:7–11; 26:36–46; Luke 9:28–29; 11:2–4, 9–13; James 1:5–6

10

Jesus Christ Heals the Sick

Matthew 8:5–10, 13; 25:34–40; Mark 1:40–45; Luke 4:38–40; 7:11–17; John 4:46–54; 13:34–35

11

Jesus Christ and the Sabbath Day

Matthew 12:1–13; Mark 2:23–28; 3:1–6; Luke 13:11–17; 14:1–6; John 5:2–16

12

Jesus Christ Used His Priesthood Power to Bless Others

Matthew 14:23–33; Mark 4:35–41; 6:33–44; Luke 9:37–43; Acts 10:38

13

Jesus Christ Performed Miracles

Mark 2:1–12; 5:21–43

14

The Sower and the Wheat and the Tares

Matthew 13:1–9, 18–30, 37–43; Mark 4:14–20; Luke 8:11–15

15

The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son

Matthew 18:12–14; Luke 15

16

The Good Samaritan and the House Built on the Rock

Matthew 7:24–27; 22:34–40; Luke 6:47–49; 10:25–37

17

Jesus Christ Heals 10 Lepers and a Blind Man

Luke 17:12–19; John 9

18

The Good Shepherd

Matthew 19:13–15; Mark 10:13–16; John 10:1–18

19

The Unmerciful Servant

Matthew 6:12, 14–15; 18:21–35

20

The Ten Virgins, the Talents, and the Widow’s Mite

Matthew 25:1–13, 14–46; Mark 12:41–44; Luke 21:1–4

21

Jesus Christ Raises Lazarus from the Dead

John 11:1–46

22

Jesus Christ’s Triumphal Entry and the Last Supper

Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 14:12–26; Luke 19:29–38; 22:15–20

23

Jesus Christ in Gethsemane

Matthew 26:36–46; Luke 22:40–46; John 3:16; 15:12–13

24

Jesus Christ Is Betrayed, Arrested, and Tried

Matthew 26:14–16, 47–27:31; Luke 22:47–23:25

25

The Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus Christ

Matthew 27:32–66; Luke 23:26–56; John 10:17–18; 15:13; 19:13–42

26

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Matthew 27:52–53; 28:1–20; Luke 24; John 20; Acts 1:3, 9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:5–6, 22

27

Feed My Sheep

Mark 16:15; John 21:1–17

28

The Day of Pentecost

John 14:25–27; Acts 2:1–24, 32–33, 36–47

29

Peter the Apostle

Matthew 4:18–19; 14:22–33; 16:13–17; 17:1–9; Luke 22:31–34, 54–62; Acts 3:1–9, 19–21; 4:6–20; 5:12–42

30

Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira; Stephen, the Martyr

Acts 4:32–5:10; 6; 7:54–60

31

Peter and Cornelius

Acts 10:1–11:18

32

The Conversion of Saul

Acts 7:57–60; 8:1–3; 9:1–30; 26:9–23

33

Paul’s First Mission

Acts 13:4–11, 14–43; 14:5–10

34

Paul’s Second Mission

Acts 15:36–41; 16:16–34

35

Paul’s Third Mission

Acts 18:23; 19:1–7, 11–12, 20

36

Jesus Christ Will Come Again

Acts 1:9–11; Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:1–4, 21–55

37

Paul’s Letter to the Romans

Romans 1:16; 8:13–18, 31–39; 12:3–21

38

Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians

1 Corinthians 6:19–20; 12:4–27; 13; 15:20–22, 40–42

39

Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians

2 Corinthians 4:5–18; 9:6–8; 12:6–10

40

Paul’s Letter to the Galatians

Galatians 2:16–21; 5:22–23; 6:7–10

41

Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians

Ephesians 1:3–12; 4:11–16; 6:10–18

42

Paul’s Letter to the Philippians

Philippians 1:2–11; 2:12–13; 4:4–13

43

Paul’s Letter to the Colossians

Colossians 1:9–20; 3:1–16

44

Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:1–12; 4:1–7; 2 Thessalonians 2:1–4; 3:10–13

45

Paul’s Letters to Timothy

1 Timothy 1:12–17; 5:1–3; 2 Timothy 3:1–5, 14–17

46

Paul’s Letters to Titus and Philemon

Titus 1:1–4; 2; Philemon 1:3–9

47

Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews

Hebrews 1:1–6; 5:1–4; 11:1–11; 12:1–2

48

Teachings of James

James 1:5–6; 2:17–18; 3:2–13; 5:12

49

Teachings of Peter

1 Peter 1:3–11; 3:18–20; 4:6; 2 Peter 1:2–8

50

Teachings of John and Jude

1 John 2:1–6; 3:10–18, 23; 4:7–10; 5:1–3; 2 John 1:4; 3 John 1:4; Jude 1:20–22

51

The Revelation of John

Revelation 1:1–3; 2:7; 4; 12:7–9; 20:12

52

Come unto Jesus Christ—He Is the Light and Life of the World

Matthew 11:28–30; John 4:3–14; 6:35–51; 8:12; 14:6, 15

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