The Catholic Bible, free to read
All 73 books of the Douay-Rheims — the complete Catholic canon, deuterocanon included — verse by verse, with narration for every one of the 1,329 chapters. No account, no paywall.
Old Testament
46 books, including the seven deuterocanonical books Protestant Bibles leave out.
Genesis50 chaptersExodus40 chaptersLeviticus27 chaptersNumbers36 chaptersDeuteronomy34 chaptersJoshua24 chaptersJudges21 chaptersRuth4 chapters1 Samuel31 chapters2 Samuel24 chapters1 Kings22 chapters2 Kings25 chapters1 Chronicles29 chapters2 Chronicles36 chaptersEzra10 chaptersNehemiah13 chaptersTobit14 chaptersJudith16 chaptersEsther10 chaptersJob42 chaptersPsalms150 chaptersProverbs31 chaptersEcclesiastes12 chaptersSong of Solomon8 chaptersWisdom19 chaptersSirach52 chaptersIsaiah66 chaptersJeremiah52 chaptersLamentations5 chaptersBaruch6 chaptersEzekiel48 chaptersDaniel14 chaptersHosea14 chaptersJoel3 chaptersAmos9 chaptersObadiah1 chapterJonah4 chaptersMicah7 chaptersNahum3 chaptersHabakkuk3 chaptersZephaniah3 chaptersHaggai2 chaptersZechariah14 chaptersMalachi4 chapters1 Maccabees16 chapters2 Maccabees15 chapters
New Testament
27 books.
Matthew28 chaptersMark16 chaptersLuke24 chaptersJohn21 chaptersActs28 chaptersRomans16 chapters1 Corinthians16 chapters2 Corinthians13 chaptersGalatians6 chaptersEphesians6 chaptersPhilippians4 chaptersColossians4 chapters1 Thessalonians5 chapters2 Thessalonians3 chapters1 Timothy6 chapters2 Timothy4 chaptersTitus3 chaptersPhilemon1 chapterHebrews13 chaptersJames5 chapters1 Peter5 chapters2 Peter3 chapters1 John5 chapters2 John1 chapter3 John1 chapterJude1 chapterRevelation22 chapters
About this translation
This is the Douay-Rheims, the English Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate and long the standard Catholic text in English. It is in the public domain, which is what allows every chapter to sit here in full rather than behind a sample.
The readings proclaimed at Mass are a different thing — those follow the lectionary and change daily. You can find today’s Mass readings separately.