“Woe to you Pharisees”
Read Luke 11:37-44. The controversy about Jesus and Satan earlier in this chapter had been sparked by the Pharisees and the experts in...
“The eye is the lamp of the body”
Read Luke 11:33-36 . This saying about not hiding a lighted lamp (33) is used by Jesus with three different applications. Luke has...
“One greater than Jonah is here”
Read Luke 11:24-32 . These three sections follow on from the Beelzebul controversy (11:14-23). Jesus has mentioned Jewish exorcists who...
“The kingdom of God has come”
Read Luke 11:14-23 . All three Synoptic Gospels contain this important passage (Mt.12:22-30; Mk.3:22-27). Jesus casting out demons...
“Teach us to pray”
Read Luke 11:1-13 . In response to the disciples’ request, “Lord, teach us to pray” (1), Jesus gave them this shorter version of the...
“Only one thing is needed”
Read Luke 10:38-42 . This story occurs only in Luke and perhaps he intentionally included it here, linking Jesus's teaching about the two...
“Go and do likewise”
Read Luke 10:29-37 . The journey to Jerusalem had begun with a reminder of the mutual disdain between Samaritans and Jews which Jesus did...
“Love God... love your neighbour”
Read Luke 10:25-28 . The commands to “love God with all your heart” and to “love your neighbour as yourself” sum up and embrace our whole...
“Your names are written in heaven”
Read Luke 10:17-24 . Those who’d been sent out on mission “returned with joy” because of their authority over evil spirits (17; 9:1)....
“He who listens to you listens to me”
Read Luke 10:1-16 . Many of the instructions given here are included by Matthew in the earlier account of Jesus sending out the Twelve...