Lent Scripture Writing Plan 2027: Ash Wednesday to Easter

Lent is the season of preparation before Easter. In 2027 it begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10, and Easter Sunday is March 28. This plan gives you one short passage to write by hand for each day of Lent, with a theme for each week and a day-by-day walk through Holy Week in the Gospels.

Lent 2027 dates

Day	Date in 2027
Ash Wednesday	Wednesday, February 10
Palm Sunday (start of Holy Week)	Sunday, March 21
Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)	Thursday, March 25
Good Friday	Friday, March 26
Holy Saturday	Saturday, March 27
Easter Sunday	Sunday, March 28

The 40 days of Lent are counted from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday without the six Sundays: 46 calendar days minus 6. Orthodox churches use a different calendar, and Orthodox Easter in 2027 is on May 2.

How to use this plan

• Write one passage a day. Most are one to three verses, about 10 minutes by hand.
• Read the verses around it first. The note in each table tells you what the passage is about.
• The Sundays from February 14 to March 14 have no new passage. Reread the week’s verses or rest. Palm Sunday (March 21) and Easter (March 28) each have a passage, so the plan has 42 in all.
• Use any translation you like. The verses quoted on this page are from the Berean Standard Bible.
• Missed a day? Pick up at today’s passage. There is no need to catch up.

This plan and the February 2027 plan

The February 2027 scripture writing plan has one verse for every day of February, Sundays included, and its last 19 days already follow Lent. This plan covers all of Lent through Easter. The two share only one passage, Joel 2:13 on Ash Wednesday. If you are writing through February, finish the month there and start this plan on Monday, March 1, with Week 3.

Week 1: Repentance (February 10–20)

Lent opens with a call to return to God. This first stretch runs from Ash Wednesday through the first full week of Lent.

Date	Day	Passage	Note
Feb 10	Wed	Joel 2:12–13	Ash Wednesday. Return to the Lord with all your heart.
Feb 11	Thu	Genesis 3:19	Many churches say these words as ashes are placed on the forehead.
Feb 12	Fri	Psalm 51:10	A prayer for a clean heart.
Feb 13	Sat	Isaiah 55:6–7	Seek the Lord while He may be found.
Feb 14	Sun	No new passage	Sunday. Reread this week’s verses or rest.
Feb 15	Mon	Mark 1:15	The first words of Jesus’ preaching in Mark.
Feb 16	Tue	1 John 1:8–9	Confess, and God forgives.
Feb 17	Wed	Luke 15:7	Heaven rejoices over one sinner who repents.
Feb 18	Thu	Psalm 32:5	David stops hiding his sin.
Feb 19	Fri	Ezekiel 36:26	A new heart and a new spirit.
Feb 20	Sat	Psalm 139:23–24	Ask God to search your heart.

The Ash Wednesday passage comes from Joel 2, which many churches read on that day:

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. (Joel 2:12–13, BSB)

Week 2: Temptation and trust (February 22–27)

Jesus fasted forty days in the wilderness and was tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:1–11). This week follows that story, with God’s promises for the times we are tempted.

Date	Day	Passage	Note
Feb 22	Mon	Matthew 4:1–2	Jesus fasts forty days in the wilderness. The 40 days of Lent follow this.
Feb 23	Tue	Deuteronomy 8:2	Israel’s forty years in the wilderness.
Feb 24	Wed	Matthew 4:10	Jesus answers the devil with Scripture.
Feb 25	Thu	Hebrews 4:15–16	Jesus was tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Feb 26	Fri	1 Corinthians 10:13	God provides a way out.
Feb 27	Sat	Psalm 91:1–2	The devil quoted this psalm in the wilderness (Matthew 4:6). Write it as a prayer of trust.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:15–16, BSB)

Week 3: Prayer and fasting (March 1–6)

In Matthew 6:1–18 Jesus teaches about giving, prayer and fasting, the three practices many Christians take up in Lent. This week you write out the Lord’s Prayer over two days.

Date	Day	Passage	Note
Mar 1	Mon	Matthew 6:9–10	The Lord’s Prayer, first half.
Mar 2	Tue	Matthew 6:11–13	The Lord’s Prayer, second half.
Mar 3	Wed	Isaiah 58:6–7	The fast God chooses.
Mar 4	Thu	Luke 11:9	Ask, seek, knock.
Mar 5	Fri	Philippians 4:6	Bring every worry to God in prayer.
Mar 6	Sat	Psalm 145:18	The Lord is near to all who call on Him.

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. (Psalm 145:18, BSB)

Week 4: God’s mercy (March 8–13)

From the father who runs to his son in Luke 15 to the tax collector who beats his breast in Luke 18, this week is about how God receives those who come back to Him.

Date	Day	Passage	Note
Mar 8	Mon	Luke 15:20	The father runs to meet his son.
Mar 9	Tue	Psalm 103:10–12	As far as the east is from the west.
Mar 10	Wed	Micah 7:18	Who is a God like You?
Mar 11	Thu	Lamentations 3:22–23	His mercies are new every morning.
Mar 12	Fri	Romans 5:8	Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
Mar 13	Sat	Luke 18:13	The tax collector’s prayer.

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:22–23, BSB)

Week 5: The way of the cross (March 15–20)

Jesus tells His disciples what is coming and sets out for Jerusalem. Isaiah 53 and 1 Peter 2 tell why He went.

Date	Day	Passage	Note
Mar 15	Mon	Mark 8:31	Jesus first tells His disciples He must suffer, die and rise.
Mar 16	Tue	Luke 9:51	Jesus sets out for Jerusalem.
Mar 17	Wed	Isaiah 53:3–4	A man of sorrows.
Mar 18	Thu	Isaiah 53:6	The Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Mar 19	Fri	John 3:14–15	The Son of Man must be lifted up.
Mar 20	Sat	1 Peter 2:24	He bore our sins on the tree.

We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6, BSB)

Week 6: Holy Week (March 21–27)

Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, and each day follows the Gospels: the entry into Jerusalem, the temple, Jesus’ last teaching there, the anointing at Bethany, the Last Supper and Gethsemane, the cross, and the quiet Sabbath. Matthew tells of the temple being cleared on the day Jesus entered the city. Mark places it on the next day (Mark 11:11–15), and this plan follows Mark’s order.

Date	Day	Passage	Note
Mar 21	Sun	Matthew 21:8–9	Palm Sunday. The crowds welcome Jesus into Jerusalem.
Mar 22	Mon	Mark 11:17	Jesus clears the temple: a house of prayer for all the nations.
Mar 23	Tue	Mark 12:30–31	Jesus teaches in the temple: the greatest commandment.
Mar 24	Wed	Mark 14:8–9	A woman anoints Jesus at Bethany, two days before the Passover (Mark 14:1).
Mar 25	Thu	Luke 22:19–20	Maundy Thursday. The Last Supper, then prayer in Gethsemane (Mark 14:32–42).
Mar 26	Fri	John 19:30	Good Friday. “It is finished.”
Mar 27	Sat	Luke 23:55–56	Holy Saturday. The women rest on the Sabbath.

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit. (John 19:30, BSB)

Easter Sunday: March 28

On Easter morning the angel speaks to the women at the empty tomb:

He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay. (Matthew 28:6, BSB)

Read Matthew 28:1–10 before you write.

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