The Bible

World English Bible · public domain

Old Testament

New Testament

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Reference pages about the Bible, its contents and its structure.

The Bible in numbersHow many books, chapters, verses and words the Bible has, counted from the full text.The Four GospelsWhat Matthew, Mark, Luke and John share, where they part ways, and which one to read first.The Parables of JesusThe list, with the chapter for each one and the Gospels it appears in.The Ten CommandmentsOne text, Exodus 20:1-17, divided into ten in three different ways.The Old and New TestamentsWhat separates the two, how each one is arranged inside, and why the Old Testament's table of contents is not the same in every Bible.The Genres of the BibleLaw, narrative, poem, letter, vision: what each genre is, and which books belong to it.The Miracles of JesusThirty-five episodes, grouped, with every parallel passage.The Lord's PrayerTwo versions in the Gospels — Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4 — and an ending missing from the oldest manuscripts.The Letters of PaulThe thirteen New Testament letters that bear his name, in the order they appear — and why that order is not the chronological one.

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