“The God of the living”
Read Luke 20:27 – 21:4 . The next question Jesus faced was from people who disbelieved in life after death (27) so it was hypothetical...
“The stone the builders rejected”
Read Luke 20:1-26 . Jesus teaching daily in the temple led to ever-increasing tension as this dispute over his authority shows (1-2). It...
“The king who comes in God's name”
Read Luke 19:28-48 . The journey to Jerusalem is over – Holy Week has begun and Jesus’s entrance to the city on Palm Sunday marks the...
“Well done, my good servant!”
Read Luke 19:11-27 . This parable occurs only in Luke. The parable of the talents (Mt.25:14-30) is similar but the point is different....
“Salvation has come to this house”
Read Luke 19:1-10 . This story is unique to Luke. It brings the journey to Jerusalem to a close with an illustration of the salvation...
“Receive your sight”
Read Luke 18:31-43 . The time for Jesus’s death was drawing near – both Matthew and Mark also now set that in terms of going up to...
“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...