“Looking at his disciples...”
Read Luke 6:17-20 . Though the Jewish leaders had rejected him, Jesus was popular among the people and his fame had spread far beyond...
“He chose twelve”
Read Luke 6:12-16 . By this time there were many people who sincerely wanted Jesus to be their teacher and master (“a great crowd of his...
“Do good on the Sabbath”
Read Luke 6:6-11 . It’s another Sabbath but the same theme (6:1-5). By this healing, Jesus demonstrated his lordship over the day and...
“Lord of the Sabbath”
Read Luke 6:1-5 . Jesus’s attitude towards the ceremonial law has been a recurring issue and Sabbath observance is another aspect of...
“New wine”
Read Luke 5:36-39 . Jesus has just declared that the Old Testament religious practice of fasting no longer has much relevance for those...
“Your disciples do not fast”
Read Luke 5:33-35 . For the Jews, fasting was another aspect of the ceremonial law which needed to be kept. Even the disciples of John...
“Why do you eat with ‘sinners’?”
Read Luke 5:27-32 . Levi was also known as Matthew (Mt.9:9). Tax-collectors were notorious for their dishonesty, and thus very...
“Your sins are forgiven”
Read Luke 5:17-26 . The next miracle also shows that there is more to healing than physical health. The story of four men making a hole...
“Be made clean”
Read Luke 5:12-16 . Healing is more than a restoration to physical health, as this story and the next one show – it’s also about...
“So they... followed him”
Read Luke 5:1-11 . In both Mark and Matthew the announcement of the good news of God's kingdom is followed straightaway by the call of...