“The kingdom of God belongs to...”
Read Luke 18:15-30 . God’s kingdom belongs to those who receive it “like a little child”, not because children are sweet and innocent but...
“God have mercy on me, a sinner”
Read Luke 18:9-14 . This is the final passage in Luke’s long section of material mainly unique to this Gospel which began in 9:51 with...
“Always pray and not give up”
Read Luke 18:1-8 . Prayer is a mystery. Sometimes we pray hard and long and nothing seems to change. We wonder too if it’s right to...
“The day the Son of Man is revealed”
Read Luke 17:20-37 . Many people wanted to know when God’s kingdom would come and that’s the question put to Jesus here (20-21). His...
“One came back and thanked him”
Read Luke 17:11-19 . Leprosy referred to a wide range of skin diseases, all of which meant that lepers were both sick and also considered...
“We have only done our duty”
Read Luke 17:1-10 . In this collection of four teachings, Jesus speaks first about “things that cause people to sin” (1-2; Mt.18:6-7;...
“A beggar named Lazarus”
Read Luke 16:19-31 . This story illustrates what Jesus has just taught: “Use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when...
“The Pharisees loved money”
Read Luke 16:13-18 . Jesus told the three parables in Luke 15 in response to the Pharisees’ pride and their disdain of “sinners”...
“Trustworthy with true riches”
Read Luke 16:1-13 . It’s shocking to read this parable and find Jesus seeming to commend dishonest behaviour (8). But parables are mainly...
“A man had two sons”
Read Luke 15:11-32 . The parable of the prodigal son is really a single story of two sons, both of them equally lost. The rebellious...