Grammar Required:
Nouns: all cases, first declension, second declension, third declension,
masc & fem, neuter
Verbs: present tense, active and middle; present imperatives
Pronouns: personal pronouns, interrogatives
Paul's Greeting to the Church at Ephesus: "Paul, the
apostle of Christ Jesus," Ephesians
1:1-2
Paul's Greetings to the Church at Philippi: "Paul and
Timothy, slaves of Jesus Christ," Philippians
1:1-2
Paul's Greeting to Timothy: "Paul, the apostle of Christ
Jesus, according to the command," I
Timothy 1:1-2
Treasure in Heaven: "Don't store up for yourselves treasure
on earth," Matthew
6:19-21
The Way, the Truth, the Life: "And Thomas says to him,"
John
14:4-6
Neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female: "You
are all sons of God," Galatians
3:26-29
The
opening of Matthew's Gospel, Duke Papyrus Archive
Group 2. Pretty Easy
Grammar required:
Verbs: present, imperfect, and aorist tenses; present and aorist participles
Pronouns: relative pronoun
The genealogy of Jesus Christ: "The book of the genesis
of Jesus Christ," Matthew
1:1-17
The opening of John's Gospel: "In the beginning was the
word," John
1:1-9. Click here if you want help
with the first five verses.
The Birth of Jesus: "In those days, a decree went out,"
Luke
2:1-14
The Calling of Four Fisherman: "Walking along the Sea
of Galilee," Matthew
4:18-22
Ministering to a Great Multitude: "And he went around
the whole of Galilee," Matthew
4:23-25
The Feeding of the Five Thousand: "After this Jesus went
away across the Sea of Galilee," John
6:1-15
The Resurrection of Jesus: "On the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene went early," John
20:1-10
Group 3: Not Difficult
Grammar Required:
Verbs: future tense, mi-verbs, verbs with irregular 2nd aorists (e.g.
baino, gignosko, histemi)
Adjectives: comparison of adjectives
Participles: genitive absolute
The Preaching of John the Baptist: "In the fifteenth
year of rule of Tiberius Caesar," Luke
3:1-4
The Good Samaritan: "And look, a teacher of the law stood
up," Luke
10:25-37
The Greatest Commandments: "And one of the scribes having
come forward, having heard them questioning together, and knowing
that he had answered them well," Mark
12:28-34
The Widow's Offering: "And sitting down opposite the
treasury, Jesus was seeing," Mark
12:41-44
Paying Taxes to Caesar: "At that time, the Pharisees
went and took counsel so that they might lay a trap for him in his
speaking," Matthew
22:15-22
Jesus and Zacchaeus, the tax-collector: "Upon entering
Jericho, he went through [the city]," Luke
19:1-10
A Sinful Woman Forgiven: "One of the Pharisees asked
him to eat with him, and entering the Pharisee's house, he reclined
at table," Luke
7:36-49
Group 4: Very Do-able
Grammar Required:
Verbs: subjunctive mood; future and aorist passive
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven: At that time, the disciples
came to Jesus," Matthew
18:1-4
Ask, Seek, Knock: "Ask and it will be given to you,"
Matthew
7:7-12
Jesus the Good Shepherd: "Amen, amen, I say to you, the
one not entering through the door," John
10:1-17 or 7-17
Imitate Christ's humility: "If there is any encouragement
in Christ, if there is any consolation of love," Philippians
2:1-11
Healing of the Man Born Blind: "And coming along, he
saw a man blind from birth," John
9:1-12
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing, Part 1: "They
lead him, the one once blind, to the Pharisees," John
9:13-21
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing, Part 2: "So they
spoke to the man who was blind a second time," John
9:24-39
Paul's Encomium to Love: "I show you an even superior
way. If I speak in the languages of men and of angels," I
Corinthians 13:1-13
Group 5: Yes, You Can!
Grammar Required:
Verbs: perfect and pluperfect tenses; oida
The Wedding at Cana: "And on the third day, there was
a wedding," John
2:1-12
Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Garment:
"When Jesus had crossed back over to the other side," Mark
5:21-43
Born Again: "Now there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus
by name, a ruler of the Jews," John
3:1-21
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria, Part 1: "Therefore, when
Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and
baptizing more disciples," John
4:1-15
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria, Part 2: "He said to her,
Go, call your husband and come here," John
4:16-30
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria, Part 3: "Meanwhile, his
disciples were asking him, saying Rabbi, eat," John
4:31-42
