“Love your enemies”
Read Luke 6:27-31 . Love is at the heart of Jesus’s teaching about the way of life in God’s kingdom – love for God and neighbour...
“Woe to you...”
Read Luke 6:24-26 . Only Luke has these four “woe” verses. They correspond directly to the four “blessed” sayings (6:20-23) and show the...
“Blessed are you...”
Read Luke 6:20-23 . In the Kingdom of God, the values of this world are turned on their head as ‘The Beatitudes’ (“Blessed are...”) show....
“Looking at his disciples...”
Read Luke 6:17-20 . Though the Jewish leaders had rejected him, Jesus was popular among the people and his fame had spread far beyond...
“He chose twelve”
Read Luke 6:12-16 . By this time there were many people who sincerely wanted Jesus to be their teacher and master (“a great crowd of his...
“Do good on the Sabbath”
Read Luke 6:6-11 . It’s another Sabbath but the same theme (6:1-5). By this healing, Jesus demonstrated his lordship over the day and...
“Lord of the Sabbath”
Read Luke 6:1-5 . Jesus’s attitude towards the ceremonial law has been a recurring issue and Sabbath observance is another aspect of...
“New wine”
Read Luke 5:36-39 . Jesus has just declared that the Old Testament religious practice of fasting no longer has much relevance for those...
“Your disciples do not fast”
Read Luke 5:33-35 . For the Jews, fasting was another aspect of the ceremonial law which needed to be kept. Even the disciples of John...
“Why do you eat with ‘sinners’?”
Read Luke 5:27-32 . Levi was also known as Matthew (Mt.9:9). Tax-collectors were notorious for their dishonesty, and thus very...