John 14:12-26 - In the days leading up to the end of Jesus’ life on earth, he speaks with his disciples, giving them instructions and comforting them. He tells them that they will go on to do even greater works than the ones he’s done, that they can ask the Father for anything in his name, and that they are to keep his commands out of love. He also promises to send them an Advocate to help them and be with them forever, the Holy Spirit. He is not truly leaving them, but will continue to be with them through the Spirit, who will teach them all things and will remind them of the things that Jesus had taught them.

John 12:1-8 - Six days before Passover, Jesus visited his friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in their home for dinner. While Martha served the food and Lazarus was relaxing at the table with Jesus, Mary took her very expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus’ feet, wiping them with her hair, and the whole house smelled like perfume. Judas spoke up and asked why the expensive perfume wasn’t sold and the money given to the poor instead. But Jesus told Judas to leave her alone because she had anointed him in preparation for his death and burial. He said that while they would always have the poor among them, they would not always have him.

Luke 19:1-10 - When Jesus passed through Jericho, there was a wealthy tax collector named Zacchaeus who wanted to see him, but he couldn’t see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed up a tree in the direction that Jesus was going. When Jesus reached the spot where Zacchaeus was, he looked up and called him to come down because he wanted to visit him in his house. The people who saw this muttered that Jesus was going to be the guest of a sinner. Then Zacchaeus spoke up and promised that he would give half of what he owned to the poor and that if he ever cheated anyone, he would give them back four times the amount. Then Jesus called Zacchaeus a Son of Abraham.

Luke 10:1-18 - Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples, who he sent out in pairs to go ahead of him to each town and place he visited. They were instructed to bring a greeting of peace to each house they entered and to accept whatever food and drink they were given as their pay. They were to heal the sick and to share the good news that the kingdom of God had come near. When the seventy-two returned to Jesus, they were overjoyed to tell him that even the demons submit to them in Jesus’ name. Jesus responded that they should not rejoice in this but in the fact that their names are written in heaven.

Mark 9:33-37 - Jesus traveled with his disciples, and when they arrived in Capernaum, Jesus turned to them and asked them what they were arguing about on the road. They kept quite because they didn’t want to admit that they were arguing about which of them was the greatest. Jesus addressed them and said that anyone who wants to be first must be last and the servant of all. He then brought a small child among them and said that whoever welcomes one of the little children welcomes him and the one who sent him.