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Mark 5:1–20 (LEB)
1And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
2And as he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him,
3who lived among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain,
4because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one was strong enough to subdue him.
5And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6And when he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.
7And crying out with a loud voice he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!”
8(For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!”)
9And he was asking him “What is your name?” And he said to him, “My name is Legion, because we are many.”
10And he was imploring him many times that he would not send them out of the region.
11Now a large herd of pigs was there at the hill feeding,
12and they implored him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them.”
13And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs, and the herd—about two thousand—rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
14And their herdsmen fled and reported it in the town and in the countryside, and they came to see what it was that had happened.
15And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there clothed and in his right mind—the one who had had the legion—and they were afraid.
16And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.
17And they began to urge him to depart from their region.
18And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him.
19And he did not permit him, but said to him, “Go to your home to your people and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and that he has had mercy on you.”
20And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and they were all astonished.

Luke 4:31–37 (LEB)
31And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
32And they were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
33And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
34“Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And after throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.
36And amazement came upon them all, and they began to talk with one another, saying, “What word is this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”
37And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.

Mark 11:1–11 (LEB)
1And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
2and said to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away as you enter into it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.
3And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say ‘The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.’ ”
4And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.
5And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
6So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them to take it.
7And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it.
8And many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches they had cut from the fields.
9And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
10Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
11And he went into Jerusalem to the temple, and after looking around at everything, because the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Matthew 12:22–32 (LEB)
22Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the man who was mute could speak and see.
23And all the crowds were amazed and began saying, “Perhaps this one is the Son of David!”
24But the Pharisees, when they heard it, said, “This man does not expel demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of demons!”
25But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
26And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
27And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel them? For this reason they will be your judges!
28But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!
29Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong man and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
30The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
31For this reason I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!
32And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the coming one!

Luke 17:1–10 (LEB)
1And he said to his disciples, “It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe to him through whom they come!
2It would be better for him if a millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.
3“Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
4And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
5And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
6So the Lord said, “If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
7“And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding sheep who comes in from the field will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at the table’?
8Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink.’
9He will not be grateful to the slave because he did what was ordered, will he?
10Thus you also, when you have done all the things you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.’ ”

Mark 6:45–56 (LEB)
45And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.
46And after he had said farewell to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.
47And when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.
48And he saw them being beaten in their rowing because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he was wanting to pass by them.
49But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out.
50For they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke with them and said to them, “Have courage, I am he! Do not be afraid!”
51And he went up with them into the boat, and the wind abated. And they were extraordinarily astounded within themselves,
52because they did not understand concerning the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
53And after they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.
54And as they were getting out of the boat, people recognized him immediately.
55They ran about through that whole region and began to carry around those who were sick on stretchers, wherever they heard that he was.
56And wherever he would go, into villages or into towns or to farms, they would put those who were sick in the marketplaces and would implore him that if they could touch even the edge of his cloak. And all those who touched it were healed.

Matthew 24:15–28 (LEB)
15“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place” (let the one who reads understand),
16“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!
17The one who is on his housetop must not come down to take things out of his house,
18and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.
19And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
20But pray that your flight may not happen in winter or on a Sabbath.
21For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.
22And unless those days had been shortened, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
23“At that time if anyone should say to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here he is,’ do not believe him!
24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
25Behold, I have told you ahead of time!
26Therefore if they say to you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it!
27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
28Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

Luke 2:8–20 (LEB)
8And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.
9And an angel of the Lord stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.
10And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy which will be for all the people:
11that today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.
12And this will be the sign for you: you will find the baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying,
14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
15And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!”
16And they went hurrying and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.
17And when they saw it, they made known the statement that had been told to them about this child.
18And all who heard it were astonished concerning what had been said to them by the shepherds.
19But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering them in her heart.
20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

Mark 12:13–27 (LEB)
13And they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him so that they could catch him unawares in a statement.
14And when they came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and you do not care what anyone thinks, because you do not regard the opinion of people but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?”
15But because he knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at it!”
16So they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.”
17And Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!” And they were utterly amazed at him.
18And Sadducees—who say there is no resurrection—came up to him and began to ask him, saying,
19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies and he leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, that his brother should take the wife and father descendants for his brother.
20There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife. And when he died, he did not leave descendants.
21And the second took her, and he died without leaving descendants. And the third likewise.
22And the seven did not leave descendants. Last of all the woman also died.
23In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.
24Jesus said to them, “Are you not deceived because of this, because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God?
25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
26Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses in the passage about the bush how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?
27He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!”

John 14:1–20 (LEB)
1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
2In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
4And you know the way where I am going.”
5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How are we able to know the way?”
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you know him and have seen him.”
8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
9Jesus said to him, “Am I with you so long a time and you have not known me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from myself, but the Father residing in me does his works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.
12Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I am doing he will do also, and he will do greater works than these because I am going to the Father.
13And whatever you ask in my name, I will do this, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
15“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, in order that he may be with you forever—
17the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it does not see him or know him. You know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
18“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
19Yet a little time and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.