{"id":8600,"date":"2026-03-27T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:35:20","slug":"holy-week-easter-bible-verses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/bible-verses\/holy-week-easter-bible-verses-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verses for Holy Week and Easter (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking for Bible verses for Holy Week and Easter? Here are portions of Scripture to help focus your reading and help you walk with Jesus through each day of Holy Week<\/a>. For each day, we’ll provide a key verse<\/strong> or two in a variety of translations (you can click into the verse to read it in your preferred version<\/a>), and links to read the entire passage<\/strong> in each Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you a pastor?<\/strong> (Or someone interested in traditional Christianity?) We’ll also provide links to the associated Revised Common Lectionary passages<\/strong> for Year A (2026). (For those who aren’t familiar, the Lectionary is a listing of daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year. It’s used by most traditional Protestant denominations.) Don’t forget: Bible Gateway offers Lectionary reading plans<\/a> delivered daily straight to your inbox in your favorite translation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palm Sunday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
\u201cHosanna!\u201d
\u201cBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!\u201d
\u201cBlessed is the king of Israel!\u201d
\u2014 John 12:12-13<\/a> (NIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel Passages:<\/strong> Matthew 21:1-11<\/a>; Mark 11:1-11<\/a>; Luke 19:29-40<\/a>; John 12:12-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lectionary:<\/strong> Isaiah 50:4-9<\/a>; Psalm 31:9-16;<\/a> Philippians 2:5-11<\/a>; Matthew 26:14-27:66<\/a> or<\/em> Matthew 27:11-54<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Key Verses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
\u2014 Mark 12:29-31<\/a> (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples, <\/sup>\u201cYou know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.\u201d
\u2014 Matthew 26:1-2<\/a> (NET)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel Passages: <\/strong>Matthew 21:12-26:13<\/a>; Mark 11:12-14:9<\/a>; Luke 19:41-21:38<\/a>; John 12:20-50<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lectionary:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n