Read Luke 7:18-23 . John the Baptist had recognised Jesus as the promised Messiah (Jn.1:32-34) but things weren’t unfolding as he’d...

Read Luke 7:11-17 . Our great and final enemy is death, which is why victory over death is an essential part of Jesus’s saving work (1...

Read Luke 7:1-10 . Luke next includes five stories which are not found in Mark and only two of which are in Matthew. The first of them is...

Read Luke 6:43-49 . The sermon in Luke concludes in the same way as in Matthew, with Jesus emphasising that it must be put into action if...

Read Luke 6:39-42 . If those who are blind have a blind guide (e.g. the Pharisees) it can only end in disaster (39; Mt.15:14). So be...

Read Luke 6:37-38 . This is a further application of the practical love which Jesus has been speaking about (6:27-36). Towards our...

Read Luke 6:32-36 . Jesus is still speaking about the need to love our enemies (6:27). Loving our friends and family isn’t always easy –...

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...

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...

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....