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...

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;...

Read Luke 16:19-31 . This story illustrates what Jesus has just taught: “Use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when...

Read Luke 16:13-18 . Jesus told the three parables in Luke 15 in response to the Pharisees’ pride and their disdain of “sinners”...

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...

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...

Read Luke 15:1-10 . The three parables in this chapter have a common theme, summed up by a later verse: “The Son of Man (Jesus) came to...

Read Luke 14:25-35 . Why would anyone turn down the invitation to God’s great banquet (14:15-24)? The answer is because there’s a...

Read Luke 14:15-24 . This passage continues the previous dinner conversation (14:1-14). Jesus had just told them to invite the poor to...

Read Luke 14:1-14 . Jesus was invited to “the house of a prominent Pharisee”, not to honour him but once again to try and catch him out...