pericope
/pəˈrɪkəpi/
noun
- A short passage or extract from a text, especially from the Bible, that is read or studied as a unit.
- The teacher asked the class to analyze a pericope from the Old Testament.
- The Sunday sermon was based on a pericope from the Gospel of Luke.
- In Bible study, we focused on a pericope about the Good Samaritan.