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Mark 10:46–52 (LEB)
46And they came to Jericho. And as he was setting out from Jericho along with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
47And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48And many people warned him that he should be quiet. But he was crying out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”
50And he threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.
51And Jesus answered him and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may regain my sight.”
52And Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” And immediately he regained his sight and began to follow him on the road.

Luke 8:26–39 (LEB)
26And they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27And as he got out on the land, a certain man from the town met him who had demons and for a considerable time had not worn clothes and did not live in a house, but among the tombs.
28And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!”
29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains and shackles and was guarded, and breaking the bonds he would be driven by the demon into the deserted places.)
30So Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered into him.
31And they began imploring him that he would not order them to depart into the abyss.
32Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there on the hill, and they implored him that he would permit them to enter into those pigs. And he permitted them.
33So the demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned.
34And when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
35So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting there clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.
36And those who had seen it reported to them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.
37And all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, because they had been seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.
38And the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying,
39“Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

Matthew 18:21–35 (LEB)
21Then Peter came up to him and said, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?”
22Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven!
23“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
24And when he began to settle them, someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents.
25And because he did not have enough to repay it, the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.
26Then the slave threw himself to the ground and began to do obeisance to him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!’
27So the master of that slave, because he had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.
28But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back everything that you owe!’
29Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground and began to implore him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will repay you!’
30But he did not want to, but rather he went and threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.
31So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went and reported to their master everything that had happened.
32Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me!
33Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?’
34And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.
35So also my heavenly Father will do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from your hearts!”

John 5:16–30 (LEB)
16And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
17But he answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
18So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
19So Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise.
20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.
21For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes.
22For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
23in order that all people will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
25“Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming—and now is here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.
26For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.
27And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
28“Do not be astonished at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice
29and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment.
30I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

Luke 14:7–14 (LEB)
7Now he told a parable to those who had been invited when he noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,
8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you has been invited by him,
9and the one who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give the place to this person,’ and then with shame you will begin to take the last place.
10But when you are invited, go and recline at the table in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then it will be an honor to you in the presence of all those who are reclining at the table with you.
11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
12And he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you.
13But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
14and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Matthew 8:23–34 (LEB)
23And as he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
24And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.
25And they came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
26And he said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.
27And the men were astonished, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
28And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road.
29And behold, they cried out, saying, “What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
30Now a long way from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31So the demons implored him, saying, “If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32And he said to them, “Go!” So they departed and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.
33Now the herdsmen fled and went into the town and reported everything, including the things concerning the demon-possessed men.
34And behold, the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they implored him that he would depart from their region.

John 10:22–30 (LEB)
22Then the feast of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
23and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.
24So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!”
25Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe! The deeds that I do in the name of my Father, these testify about me.
26But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep!
27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish forever, and no one will seize them out of my hand.
29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can seize them from the Father’s hand.
30The Father and I are one.”

Luke 9:10–17 (LEB)
10And when they returned, the apostles described to him all that they had done. And he took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.
11But when the crowds found out, they followed him, and welcoming them, he began to speak to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing.
12Now the day began to be far spent, and the twelve came up and said to him, “Send away the crowd so that they can go into the surrounding villages and farms to obtain lodging and find provisions, because we are here in a desolate place.
13But he said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and purchase food for all these people.”
14(For there were about five thousand men.) So he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15And they did so, and had them all sit down.
16And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them and began giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
17And they all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up by them—twelve baskets of broken pieces.

John 6:41–59 (LEB)
41Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”
42and they were saying, “Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves!
44No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
45It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.
46(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God—this one has seen the Father.)
47Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes has eternal life.
48I am the bread of life.
49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.
50This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.
51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52So the Jews began to quarrel among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!
54The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
56The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me and I in him.
57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also the one who eats me—that one will live because of me.
58This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
59He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Luke 13:1–9 (LEB)
1Now at the same time some had come to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2And he answered and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were sinners worse than all the Galileans, because they suffered these things?
3No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as well!
4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were sinners worse than all the people who live in Jerusalem?
5No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”
6And he told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
7So he said to the gardener, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find any. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?’
8But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on it.
9And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming year, so much the better, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”