New Testament, Connected: Study Every Verse With General Conference and the Greek for Come, Follow Me 2027

Open Matthew 11 and tap verse 28: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." A panel opens with 112 general conference talks that use that one invitation. It shows when they were given, which apostles and prophets keep coming back to it, and which other scriptures they quote alongside it. Each talk also has a hand-drawn sketch note you can take in at a glance.

That is New Testament, Connected, a free study tool from Weak Things. It puts all 260 chapters and 7,957 verses of the New Testament side by side with more than a quarter century of general conference. Under the English it adds the Greek, the meaning of King James words in Webster's 1828 dictionary, and links that let scripture explain scripture. It is built to help you come to know the Savior better in the year the whole Church studies His life.

In 2027, Come, Follow Me turns to the New Testament. Week 1 begins on December 28, 2026. Families, Sunday School and Primary teachers, seminary classes and individuals will spend a year in the Gospels, Acts, the letters and Revelation. This article explains what the tool does, what the conference record shows about the New Testament, and how to use it each week.

The short version

• All 260 chapters and 7,957 verses of the King James New Testament, Matthew 1 to Revelation 22.
• Every verse linked to the general conference talks that use it, from April 2000 through October 2026. Scripture lists from Weak Things sketch notes add selected apostles' talks from 1971 to 1999.
• 4,073 verses (51%) are connected to at least one talk, making 18,221 verse-to-talk connections in all.
• 4,340 Greek word studies with a classroom pronunciation, the modern Greek sound and a play button.
• 1,322 Webster's 1828 entries that show what King James English meant in Joseph Smith's day.
• Scripture links: 1,437 Old Testament passages quoted or echoed, 380 links to the same event in the other Gospels, 213 Joseph Smith Translation notes, and hand-checked links to the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants.
• 143 who's-who cards for 101 people, from Mary and Elisabeth to Lydia, Barnabas and the Philippian jailer.
• Every chapter linked to its Come, Follow Me 2027 week, with a five-step study trail, discussion questions, a sketch prompt and a printable study sheet.
• Free. You don't need an account to read, save verses, take notes or print.

Why connect the New Testament to general conference?

The New Testament is the record of Jesus Christ's mortal life, His Atonement and Resurrection, and the Church He organized. General conference is where His living apostles and prophets teach from that record today. Usually the two live in separate places: you read a chapter in one app and listen to conference in another. Seeing them together helps in three ways.

You see where the Lord's servants keep pointing. When dozens of apostles and prophets over 26 years return to the same verse, it shows where they have found help for the questions people bring to conference. That doesn't make a verse more true than its neighbors. It does give you a good place to start.

You see one verse taught many ways. John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you," appears in 63 talks. Some speakers use it to comfort people who grieve. Others use it for anxiety, a mission or a world in turmoil. Reading a few of those talks shows you how the Savior's words have helped people in very different situations.

You find the quiet verses. About half of the New Testament, 3,884 verses, has not been linked in the talks we counted. They aren't less important; they're just less explored. They make good places for personal study and for a fresh lesson.

What the conference record shows

Before you open a chapter, it helps to see the whole New Testament. These numbers come straight from the tool.

The most-quoted verses are invitations to come to Christ

The top of the list reads almost like a summary of the gospel. "Come unto me … and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28) leads with 112 talks, and the two verses after it are also in the top ten. Next come "For God so loved the world" (John 3:16, 91 talks) and the two great commandments, to love God and to love your neighbor (Matthew 22:37–39). "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6) has 79. If you study only ten verses in 2027, these are a good ten.

The Gospels lead

About two-thirds of the verses in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (2,481 of 3,779) are linked to at least one talk. Across the whole New Testament the figure is about half. Matthew (74% of verses connected) and John (73%) are the most connected books, followed by 1 John (70%) and James (67%), which is short but often quoted.

The chapters conference returns to most

• John 14 ("Let not your heart be troubled") is linked to 282 distinct talks, more than any other New Testament chapter.
• Matthew 5, the start of the Sermon on the Mount, follows with 163 talks. Every one of its 48 verses is connected.
• Matthew 25 has the most verse-to-talk connections, 754, because speakers often cite the whole parable of the ten virgins, the talents or the sheep and the goats.
• Luke 15, with the lost sheep, the lost coin and the prodigal son, has every verse connected and 559 verse-to-talk connections.
• Sixteen chapters have every verse connected, including Hebrews 11 (faith), 1 John 4 ("God is love") and John 17, the Savior's great intercessory prayer.

How it works: tap any verse

Each chapter opens with a short summary, its reading sections and a link to its Come, Follow Me week. A strip of bars shows how many talks use each verse, so you can spot the busy verses and the quiet ones at a glance.

Tap a verse and the side panel opens with five tabs:

• Talks: every connected conference talk, with a timeline, the speakers who return to it, the scriptures it's often cited with, and a sketch-note summary for each talk. You can filter by talks that cite this exact verse or a passage that includes it.
• Words: Webster's 1828 definitions for words in the verse.
• Greek: the verse in Greek and a word study for its key words.
• Text: notes where the oldest Greek manuscripts differ from the text the King James translators used.
• Connections: Old Testament passages, the same event in the other Gospels, related New Testament verses, Joseph Smith Translation changes, and Book of Mormon and Restoration links.

Underlined words open their study right in the verse. You can save a verse or a talk to your study workspace, copy a link to it, or jump to it in the Gospel Library.

The words the first readers heard

Many King James words have changed meaning over 400 years. The New Testament was also written in Greek, and some of its meaning doesn't come through in English. New Testament, Connected adds two layers that help.

Webster's 1828: what the English meant

Noah Webster published his American dictionary in 1828, two years before the Book of Mormon was printed, while King James English was still familiar to readers. When a word appears in that dictionary, its definition comes first. In Matthew 11:29 the Savior says, "I am meek and lowly in heart." Webster defines meek as "mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily provoked or irritated," and, in a gospel sense, "submissive to the divine will." Webster defines lowly as "free from pride." The same verse explains yoke as the wooden beam that joins two oxen so they can pull together. That picture makes the invitation "take my yoke upon you" much easier to see.

The Greek behind the English

Each Greek word study shows the dictionary form, how to say it, the exact form in the verse, how the King James translators rendered it elsewhere, how often it appears, and a short explanation in plain English. You don't need to know any Greek to use it. A few examples:

• "Born again" (John 3:3). The Greek anōthen can mean "again" or "from above." Nicodemus hears "again" and wonders how a grown man can be born twice. Jesus is teaching a birth that comes from heaven.
• "Meek" (Matthew 5:5). Praus means gentle strength under control, not weakness. It was used of a tamed horse, and it's the word Matthew uses when Jesus rides into Jerusalem "meek, and sitting upon an ass" (Matthew 21:5).
• "Believe" (John 14:1). John's Gospel uses the verb pisteuō about a hundred times but never uses the noun "faith." For John, believing is something you do. Often it is "believe into" Christ, as if you're moving toward Him.
• "Repent" (Luke 15:7). Metanoeō means to change your mind and the direction of your life. It's the first word of Jesus' preaching in Matthew and Mark.

Every word has a "Say it" pronunciation in the classroom style most Greek courses teach, along with how a Greek speaker would read it today. The play button uses your device's Greek voice when one is installed, which helps children and youth try the words out loud.

Scripture talking to scripture

The New Testament constantly quotes the Old, and the Restoration scriptures shed light on both. The Connections tab brings those links together for each verse.

• Old Testament quoted or fulfilled: 1,437 links. "The meek … shall inherit the earth" in Matthew 5:5 goes back to Psalm 37:11.
• The same event in the other Gospels: 380 harmony links, so you can read the feeding of the five thousand or the Last Supper in each Gospel that tells it.
• The Joseph Smith Translation: 213 notes. In Acts 9:7, for example, the JST clarifies that the men with Saul "saw indeed the light" but "heard not the voice," which resolves an apparent conflict with Acts 22:9.
• The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants: hand-checked links show where the same teaching appears again. The Sermon on the Mount links to the Savior's sermon at the temple in Bountiful (3 Nephi 12–14). "Other sheep I have" (John 10:16) links to 3 Nephi 15:21–24, where Jesus tells the Nephites they are those sheep. Saul's conversion links to Alma the Younger's in Mosiah 27.

Meet the people who knew Him

The New Testament is full of people whose lives changed when they met Jesus Christ. Who's-who cards appear in the chapters where they show up: Peter, Mary Magdalene, Nicodemus, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Zacchaeus, blind Bartimaeus, the woman at the well, Stephen, Dorcas, Lydia and many more. Each card has a short story, a portrait and the verses to read. They help children follow who is who, and they help teachers build a lesson around one person's discipleship.

Three ways to study any chapter

Each chapter page has three modes, so it works for a quick reading or a full lesson.

Read & connect

The verse text, the bars and the verse panel described above. Start here.

Explore the data

See the whole chapter's conference history. In John 14 you can see that the chapter peaked in April 2026 with 12 connected talks. You can also see the speakers who return to it most (President Dallin H. Oaks, 19 talks; President Thomas S. Monson, 17) and what those talks are about: Jesus Christ, discipleship, faith, the Holy Ghost, obedience, love and peace. The page also shows passages cited together, the scriptures John 14 most often appears with (Moses 1:39, John 16:33 and John 3:16), and a list of the chapter's quiet verses worth a closer look.

Teach & sketch

A five-step study trail takes you from the text into conference and back. Four discussion questions work for families, classes and personal study, and a "sketch the connection" prompt gives visual learners something to draw. Save verses and talks, write notes, and print a one-page study sheet. Your notes stay in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Made for Come, Follow Me 2027

Every chapter links to its week in the 2027 New Testament schedule, and every week on the Come, Follow Me 2027 page links back to its chapters, games, stories and lesson ideas. Week 1 (December 28–January 3) covers Matthew 1 and Luke 1. Easter week, March 22–28, includes Matthew 28. The year ends with Revelation 22 in week 51.

Here is what one week can look like. In week 11 (March 8–14, "I Will Give You Rest"), open Matthew 11 and tap verse 28. Read one or two of its 112 talks. Tap yoke and meek in verse 29 to see what those words meant, then use the chapter's discussion questions. That takes about fifteen minutes, and it gives a family, a class or one person something real to talk about.

Ways to use it

For families

• Start with one verse. Have someone tap the tallest bar in the week's chapter, read the verse aloud and ask, "Why do you think prophets keep teaching this one?"
• Use the people. Read a who's-who card before the story, and let children tell it back as that person.
• Say the Greek. Children love pressing play and trying a word like makarios out loud. Then talk about what "blessed" means.
• Draw it. The sketch prompt makes an easy activity for family home evening or a quiet Sunday afternoon.

For teachers

• Find your anchor. The bars show which verses the Church's leaders have taught from most, and the quiet-verse list gives you something fresh.
• Bring a living witness. Pick one talk from the Talks tab and share a sentence from it. The sketch note helps class members see the message quickly.
• Use the questions. Each chapter's four discussion questions work for Sunday School, Primary, Young Women, Aaronic Priesthood quorums and seminary.
• Print the study sheet as a handout, or project the chapter page in class.

For personal study

• Read slowly with the words. Turning on the Webster's and Greek layers slows you down in a good way.
• Follow the connections. Read a teaching in the Gospels, then in 3 Nephi, then in the Doctrine and Covenants. Seeing the Savior teach the same truth in more than one book of scripture is a powerful witness.
• Keep a record. Save the verses that speak to you, write impressions in your notes and print them at the end of the week.

Coming closer to Jesus Christ

Charts and word studies aren't the goal. The goal is the Person the New Testament testifies of. The tool is built so the data leads back to Him. The most-quoted verses are His invitations: come unto me, learn of me, love one another, peace I leave with you. The word studies help His words mean what He meant, and the cross-references show Him teaching the same truths in Galilee and in Bountiful. The people on the who's-who cards are ordinary men and women who followed Him and were changed. We hope that as you read, tap and ponder during 2027, you'll hear His voice and want to follow Him too.

How it was built

• Scripture text: the public-domain King James Version.
• Conference connections: the scripture links in every general conference talk from April 2000 through October 2026, plus the scripture lists in Weak Things sketch notes for selected apostles' talks from 1971 to 1999. Each talk counts once per verse. A badge shows whether the talk cites that exact verse or a passage that includes it, and whether the link is in the talk text or its footnotes.
• Greek: the SBL Greek New Testament through MorphGNT, with lexicon data from STEPBible and definitions from Abbott-Smith's Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (CC BY 4.0). The plain-English explanations are written by Weak Things.
• Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), with Book of Mormon and Restoration links checked by hand.
• Talks are linked, not reproduced. Summaries are Weak Things' own, and every card links to the original talk.

Limits. How often a verse is quoted isn't a measure of its doctrinal importance. Counts depend on how talks were linked and may change as data improves. Historical and early Christian sources are labeled separately from Latter-day Saint sources. New Testament, Connected is an independent study tool and does not speak for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Connected family

New Testament, Connected is one of a set of readers that work the same way:

• Old Testament, Connected: 929 chapters plus Moses and Abraham, with Hebrew word studies, for Come, Follow Me 2026.
• Book of Mormon, Connected: all 239 chapters, with scholarship, textual history and who's who, ready for 2028.
• Doctrine and Covenants, Connected: all 138 sections and both Official Declarations, with the Joseph Smith Papers manuscripts on every verse.
• Scriptures, Connected: the hub for all of them, including Old Testament, Connected and Doctrine and Covenants, Connected.

Frequently asked questions

Is New Testament, Connected free?

Yes. Reading, saving verses, notes and printing are all free, and you don't need an account.

Does it follow the Come, Follow Me 2027 schedule?

Yes. Every chapter links to its week, starting with week 1 on December 28, 2026, and every week's lesson page links back to its chapters.

Do I need to know Greek?

No. Each Greek study explains the word in plain English, shows how to say it and gives examples from other verses.

Which general conference talks are included?

Every talk from April 2000 through October 2026, plus selected apostles' talks from 1971 to 1999 through Weak Things sketch notes.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The reader works on phones, tablets and computers. Saved verses and notes stay in the browser you used.

Is this an official Church resource?

No. It's an independent study tool from Weak Things. It links to the Gospel Library and to the original talks on the Church's website.

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