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

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