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The Gospel According to Luke

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Introduction to Luke:
Author: Luke; see note 31 in ch. 1.Time of Writing: Approximately A.D. 60, before Acts was written (Acts 1:1).Place of Writing: Probably Caesarea, when Paul was imprisoned there (cf. Acts 23:33; 24:27; 27:1).Recipient: Theophilus (1:3); see note 32 in ch. 1.

Subject of Luke:
The Gospel of the Forgiveness of Sins—
Proving That Jesus Christ Is the Man-Savior

Luke

Chapter 1 of 24

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I.  Introduction1:1-4

Luk 1:1 - 1Inasmuch as 2many have undertaken to 3draw up a narrative concerning the 4matters which have been fully accomplished among us,
Luk 1:2 - Even as 1those who from the beginning became aeyewitnesses and 2ministers of the 3word have 4delivered them to us,
Luk 1:3 - It seemed good to 1me also, having carefully investigated all things from the first, to write them out for you in an aorderly fashion, most bexcellent 2cTheophilus,
Luk 1:4 - So that you may fully know the certainty of the things concerning which you were instructed.

II.  The preparation of the Man-Savior in His humanity with His divinity1:5-4:13

A.  His forerunner's conception1:5-25
Luk 1:5 - In the days of aHerod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zachariah, of the 1course of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of bAaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Luk 1:6 - And 1they were both 2arighteous before God, 3bwalking in all the commandments and 4ordinances of the Lord, cblameless.
Luk 1:7 - And they had 1no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.
Luk 1:8 - And while he served as priest in the aorder of his course before God,
Luk 1:9 - According to the custom of the priestly service, the lot fell to him to enter into the atemple of the Lord and 1burn incense.
Luk 1:10 - And all the multitude of the people were 1apraying outside at the hour of the burning of incense.
Luk 1:11 - And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the aaltar of incense.
Luk 1:12 - And Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and afear fell upon him.
Luk 1:13 - But the angel said to him, Do anot be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will 1bear you a son, and you shall call his name 2bJohn.
Luk 1:14 - And you will have joy and exultation, and many will rejoice at his birth.
Luk 1:15 - For he will be agreat in the sight of the Lord, and he shall by 1bno means drink wine and liquor. And he will be filled with the 2cHoly Spirit, even from his mother’s dwomb,
Luk 1:16 - And many of the sons of Israel he will turn to the Lord their God.
Luk 1:17 - And it is he who will go abefore Him in the spirit and power of 1Elijah to turn the bhearts of the fathers to the children, and the cdisobedient 2to the 3prudence of the righteous, to dprepare for the Lord a people made ready.
Luk 1:18 - And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? For I am an aold man and my wife is advanced in 1years.
Luk 1:19 - And the aangel answered and said to him, I am bGabriel, who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce the good news of these things to you.
Luk 1:20 - And behold, you shall be asilent and not able to speak until the day that these things happen, because you did 1not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.
Luk 1:21 - And the people were waiting for Zachariah, and they marveled at his delaying in the atemple.
Luk 1:22 - And when he came out, he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a avision in the temple. And he made signs to them and remained dumb.
Luk 1:23 - And when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went to his house.
Luk 1:24 - And after these days Elizabeth his wife conceived and stayed in seclusion for five months, saying,
Luk 1:25 - In this way has the Lord dealt with me in the days in which He looked upon me to take away my areproach among men.
B.  His conception1:26-56
Luk 1:26 - And in the sixth month the angel aGabriel was sent from God to a city of 1Galilee named bNazareth,
Luk 1:27 - To a avirgin engaged to a man named bJoseph, of the house of 1cDavid; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luk 1:28 - And he came to her and said, Rejoice, you who have been graced! The Lord is awith you. 1
Luk 1:29 - And she was greatly troubled at this saying and began reasoning what kind of greeting this might be.
Luk 1:30 - And the angel said to her, Do anot be afraid, Mary, for you have found bgrace with God.
Luk 1:31 - And behold, you will aconceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name 1bJesus.
Luk 1:32 - He will be agreat and will be called bSon of the 1cMost High; and the Lord God will give to Him the dthrone of 2eDavid His father,
Luk 1:33 - And He will 1reign over the house of Jacob aforever, and of His 2kingdom there will be bno end.
Luk 1:34 - But Mary said to the angel, How will this be, since I have not known a man?
Luk 1:35 - And the angel answered and said to her, The 1Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the aMost High will 2overshadow you; therefore also the 3bholy thing which is born will be called the cSon of God.
Luk 1:36 - And behold, Elizabeth your relative, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who is called barren,
Luk 1:37 - Because no word will be 1aimpossible 2with God.
Luk 1:38 - And Mary said, Behold, the slave of the Lord. May it happen to me according to your word. And the aangel departed from her.
Luk 1:39 - And Mary rose up in those days and went to the ahill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
Luk 1:40 - And entered into the house of Zachariah and greeted Elizabeth.
Luk 1:41 - And when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the 1baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the aHoly Spirit.
Luk 1:42 - And she lifted up her voice with a loud cry and said, 1aBlessed are you among women, and blessed is the 2bfruit of your womb!
Luk 1:43 - And how has this happened to me, that the mother of my 1aLord should come to me?
Luk 1:44 - For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby leaped with exultation in my womb.
Luk 1:45 - 1And blessed is she who has 2abelieved, because there will be a 3completion of the things spoken to her from the Lord.
Luk 1:46 - And Mary said, 1My asoul 2bmagnifies the Lord,
Luk 1:47 - And my aspirit 1has bexulted in God my cSavior;
Luk 1:48 - Because He has alooked upon the low estate of His slave. For behold, from now on all generations will count me bblessed,
Luk 1:49 - Because the 1aMighty One has done bgreat things for me, and choly is His name.
Luk 1:50 - And His 1amercy is unto bgenerations and generations, unto those who cfear Him.
Luk 1:51 - He has exercised might with His aarm; He has scattered those who are bproud in the understanding of their heart.
Luk 1:52 - He has brought down apotentates from thrones and has bexalted the chumble;
Luk 1:53 - The ahungry He has filled with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.
Luk 1:54 - He has upheld Israel His aservant to bremember mercy,
Luk 1:55 - Even 1as He spoke to our fathers, to aAbraham and to his seed forever.
Luk 1:56 - And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.
C.  His forerunner's birth and youth1:57-80
Luk 1:57 - Now the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.
Luk 1:58 - And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified His mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
Luk 1:59 - And on the eighth day they came to acircumcise the little child, and they tried to call him after the name of his father, Zachariah.
Luk 1:60 - Yet his mother answered and said, No, but he shall be called aJohn.
Luk 1:61 - And they said to her, There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.
Luk 1:62 - And they gestured to his father as to what he would want him to be called.
Luk 1:63 - And asking for a tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name. And they all marveled.
Luk 1:64 - And his 1mouth was opened instantly, and his atongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God.
Luk 1:65 - And afear came on all those dwelling around them, and in all the bhill country of Judea all these 1things were spread about.
Luk 1:66 - And all who heard these things put them in their aheart, saying, What then will this little child be? For indeed the hand of the Lord was bwith him.
Luk 1:67 - And Zachariah his father was filled with the aHoly Spirit and prophesied, saying,
Luk 1:68 - aBlessed be the Lord, the God of bIsrael, because He has cvisited and accomplished 1dredemption for His people,
Luk 1:69 - And raised a 1ahorn of salvation for us in the house of bDavid His servant,
Luk 1:70 - Even 1as He spoke through the mouth of His holy aprophets 2from of old—
Luk 1:71 - aSalvation from our enemies and from the bhand of all who hate us,
Luk 1:72 - To accomplish 1mercy with our fathers and to 2aremember His holy bcovenant,
Luk 1:73 - The 1aoath which He swore to Abraham our father,
Luk 1:74 - To grant us that we, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might 1serve Him without fear,
Luk 1:75 - In 1aholiness and brighteousness before Him all our days.
Luk 1:76 - And you also, little child, shall be called a aprophet of the bMost High, for you will go cbefore the 1Lord to 2dprepare His ways,
Luk 1:77 - To give knowledge of asalvation to His people by the bforgiveness of their sins,
Luk 1:78 - Because of the merciful acompassions of our God, in which the rising 1bsun will cvisit us from on high,
Luk 1:79 - To shine upon those sitting in adarkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of bpeace.
Luk 1:80 - And the little child agrew and became strong in 1spirit, and he was in the bwilderness until the day of his presentation to Israel.

Luke

Chapter 2 of 24

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D.  His birth2:1-20
Luk 2:1 - And in those days a decree went out from aCaesar Augustus for a bcensus to be taken of all the inhabited earth.
Luk 2:2 - This was the 1first census that took place when Quirinius agoverned Syria.
Luk 2:3 - And all went to be registered, each to his own city.
Luk 2:4 - And aJoseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of bNazareth into Judea, to David’s city, which is called cBethlehem, because he was of the 1house and family of David,
Luk 2:5 - To be registered with Mary, who was engaged to him and was apregnant.
Luk 2:6 - And while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to bear,
Luk 2:7 - And she 1abore her bfirstborn son; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a 2manger because there was no place for them in the cinn.
Luk 2:8 - And there were 1shepherds in the same region, spending their nights in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luk 2:9 - And an aangel of the Lord bstood by them, and the cglory of the Lord shone around them; and they dfeared greatly.
Luk 2:10 - And the angel said to them, Do anot be afraid; for behold, I bannounce to you good news of cgreat joy, which will be for dall the people,
Luk 2:11 - Because today a aSavior has been bborn to you in cDavid’s city, who is dChrist the eLord.
Luk 2:12 - And this will be the 1sign to you: you will find a 2baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
Luk 2:13 - And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly aarmy, 1bpraising God and saying,
Luk 2:14 - 1aGlory in the bhighest places to God, and on cearth 1dpeace among 2men of His egood pleasure.
Luk 2:15 - And when the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds spoke to one another, Let us go then to Bethlehem and see this 1thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.
Luk 2:16 - And they came in haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.
Luk 2:17 - And when they had seen this, they made known the word which was spoken to them concerning this little child.
Luk 2:18 - And all those who heard marveled at the things spoken to them by the shepherds.
Luk 2:19 - But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her aheart.
Luk 2:20 - And the shepherds returned, aglorifying and praising God for all the things which they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken to them.
E.  His youth2:21-52
1.  Circumcised and namedv. 21
Luk 2:21 - And when eight days were fulfilled to acircumcise Him, His name was called bJesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
2.  Presented and adored — vv. 22-39
Luk 2:22 - And when the days for their apurification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they bbrought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
Luk 2:23 - (Even as it is written in the alaw of the Lord, b“Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
Luk 2:24 - And to give a sacrifice according to what is said in the 1law of the Lord: 2A pair of turtledoves or two young doves.
Luk 2:25 - And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was 1arighteous and bdevout, cwaiting for the 2dconsolation of Israel, and the eHoly Spirit was upon him.
Luk 2:26 - And it had been divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit that he would anot see death before he had seen the Lord’s bChrist.
Luk 2:27 - And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the little child Jesus for them to do according to the custom of the alaw concerning Him,
Luk 2:28 - He received Him into his arms and ablessed God and said,
Luk 2:29 - Now You release Your slave, Master, according to Your word, in apeace;
Luk 2:30 - For my eyes have seen Your 1asalvation,
Luk 2:31 - Which You have prepared before the face of all the peoples,
Luk 2:32 - A 1alight for revelation to the Gentiles and the bglory of Your people Israel.
Luk 2:33 - And His father and mother marveled at the things being spoken about Him.
Luk 2:34 - And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this One is 1appointed for the afalling and rising up of many in Israel and for a 2sign bspoken against—
Luk 2:35 - And a 1sword will pierce through your own soul also—so that the reasonings of many hearts may be 2revealed.
Luk 2:36 - And there was one Anna, a aprophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of bAsher. She was well advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,
Luk 2:37 - 1And she was a awidow up to the age of eighty-four, who did not depart from the temple, 2serving God with bfastings and petitions cnight and day.
Luk 2:38 - And at that very hour she came up and returned thanks to God, and spoke concerning Him to all those awaiting for the 1bredemption 2of Jerusalem.
Luk 2:39 - And when they had finished all things according to the alaw of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, 1bNazareth.
3.  Growing and advancing — vv. 40-52
Luk 2:40 - And the little child 1grew and became strong, being filled with 2awisdom, and the 3grace of God was upon Him.
Luk 2:41 - And His parents went year by year to aJerusalem at the Feast of the bPassover.
Luk 2:42 - And when He became 1twelve years old, they went up according to the 2acustom of the feast.
Luk 2:43 - And when they had completed the days, while they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and His parents did not know it.
Luk 2:44 - But supposing that He was in the company, they went a day’s journey and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Luk 2:45 - And when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem searching for Him.
Luk 2:46 - And after three days they found Him in the atemple, sitting in the midst of the bteachers, both hearing them and questioning them.
Luk 2:47 - And all those who heard Him were aamazed at His understanding and His answers.
Luk 2:48 - And when they saw Him, they were astounded; and His mother said to Him, Child, why have You treated us like this? Behold, Your father and I, being 1greatly distressed, have been seeking You.
Luk 2:49 - And He said to them, Why is it that you were seeking Me? Did you not know that I 1must be 2in the things of 3aMy Father?
Luk 2:50 - And they did anot understand the word which He spoke to them.
Luk 2:51 - And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was 1subject to them. And His mother carefully kept all these things in her aheart.
Luk 2:52 - And Jesus advanced in wisdom and 1stature and in the 2agrace manifested in Him before God and men.

Luke

Chapter 3 of 24

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F.  His inauguration3:1-4:13
1.  Introduced3:1-20
Luk 3:1 - Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius aCaesar, while bPontius Pilate was cgovernor of Judea, and dHerod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
Luk 3:2 - During the high priesthood of Annas and aCaiaphas, the word of God came to bJohn the son of Zachariah in the 1cwilderness.
Luk 3:3 - And he came into all the region surrounding the Jordan, proclaiming a 1baptism of arepentance 2for bforgiveness of sins,
Luk 3:4 - As it is written in the book of the words of aIsaiah the prophet, 1b“A voice of one crying in the wilderness, cPrepare the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.
Luk 3:5 - Every 1ravine shall be filled up, and every amountain and hill shall be leveled; and the bcrooked places shall become a straight way, and the rough ways smooth.
Luk 3:6 - And all 1flesh shall see the 2asalvation of God.”
Luk 3:7 - He said therefore to the crowds going out to be baptized by him, 1Offspring of avipers, who prompted you to flee from the coming bwrath?
Luk 3:8 - Produce then fruits aworthy of your repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have bAbraham as our father; for I tell you that God is able out of these stones to 1raise up children to Abraham.
Luk 3:9 - And already also the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not produce agood fruit is cut down and cast into the 1fire.
Luk 3:10 - And the crowds asked him, saying, aWhat then shall we do?
Luk 3:11 - And he answered and said to them, He who has two 1atunics, let him share with the one who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.
Luk 3:12 - And atax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?
Luk 3:13 - And he said to them, aExact nothing more than what you have been ordered to.
Luk 3:14 - And some serving in the military also questioned him, saying, And we, what shall we do? And he said to them, Extort nothing from anyone by force, nor 1take anything by false accusation, and be content with your wages.
Luk 3:15 - Now while the people were in 1expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might possibly be the Christ,
Luk 3:16 - John answered and said to all, I 1baptize you in awater, but He who is stronger than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He Himself will baptize you in the bHoly Spirit and fire,
Luk 3:17 - Whose winnowing fan is in His hand to thoroughly cleanse His athreshing floor and to gather the wheat into His bbarn, but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable 1cfire.
Luk 3:18 - So, exhorting them with many other things also, he 1aannounced the gospel to the people.
Luk 3:19 - But Herod the tetrarch, because he was reproved by him concerning aHerodias, his brother’s wife, and concerning all the evil things which Herod did,
Luk 3:20 - Added this also above all: he shut John up in aprison.
2.  Baptized3:21
Luk 3:21 - Now when all the people were baptized and as Jesus was 1abaptized and was praying, heaven was opened,
3.  Anointed3:22
Luk 3:22 - And the 1aHoly Spirit descended in bodily form as a dove upon Him. And a voice came out of heaven: You are My Son, the bBeloved; in You I have found My delight.
4.  His status3:23-38
Luk 3:23 - And He, Jesus, when He abegan to minister, was about 1thirty years old, being, 2so it was thought, the 3son of 4bJoseph, the son of Heli,
Luk 3:24 - The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
Luk 3:25 - The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
Luk 3:26 - The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
Luk 3:27 - The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of 1aZerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,
Luk 3:28 - The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
Luk 3:29 - The son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
Luk 3:30 - The son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
Luk 3:31 - The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of 1aNathan, the son of bDavid,
Luk 3:32 - The son of aJesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
Luk 3:33 - The son of Aminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah,
Luk 3:34 - The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of aTerah, the son of Nahor,
Luk 3:35 - The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Sala,
Luk 3:36 - The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of aNoah, the son of Lamech,
Luk 3:37 - The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan,
Luk 3:38 - The son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of 1Adam, the 2son of 3God.

Luke

Chapter 4 of 24

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5.  His test4:1-13
Luk 4:1 - And 1Jesus, full of the 2aHoly Spirit, returned from the bJordan and was led 3by the cSpirit in the dwilderness, while being tempted for forty days by the devil.
Luk 4:2 - And He did not eat anything in those days, and when they were concluded, He became hungry.
Luk 4:3 - And the devil said to Him, If You are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it become bread.
Luk 4:4 - And Jesus answered him, It is written, a“Man shall not live on bread alone1.”
Luk 4:5 - And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.
Luk 4:6 - And the devil said to Him, To You I will give all this aauthority and their glory, because to me it 1has been delivered, and to whomever I want I give it.
Luk 4:7 - If You therefore worship before me, it shall all be Yours.
Luk 4:8 - And Jesus answered and said to him,1 It is written, a“You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you 2serve.”
Luk 4:9 - And he led Him into Jerusalem and set Him on the 1wing of the temple and said to Him, If You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here;
Luk 4:10 - For it is written, a“To His angels He shall give charge concerning You to protect You,
Luk 4:11 - And on their hands they shall bear You up, lest You strike Your foot against a stone.”
Luk 4:12 - And Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, a“You shall not 1test the Lord your God.”
Luk 4:13 - And when the devil had concluded every temptation, he went away from Him 1until an opportune time.

III.  The ministry of the Man-Savior in His human virtues with His divine attributes4:14-19:27

A.  In Galilee4:14-9:50
1.  Proclaiming the jubilee of grace4:14-30
Luk 4:14 - And Jesus returned in the power of the 1aSpirit into bGalilee. And 2creports about Him went out through all the surrounding region.
Luk 4:15 - And He 1ataught in their 2bsynagogues and was 3glorified by all.
Luk 4:16 - And He acame to bNazareth, where He had been brought up, and according to His ccustom He entered on the dSabbath day into the esynagogue and stood up to fread.
Luk 4:17 - And the scroll of the prophet aIsaiah was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
Luk 4:18 - a“The 1bSpirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has canointed Me to 2dannounce the gospel to the 3epoor; He has sent Me to proclaim frelease to the 4captives, and 5recovery of sight to the 6gblind, to send away in release those who are 7hoppressed,
Luk 4:19 - To proclaim the 1acceptable year of the Lord, the year of jubilee.”
Luk 4:20 - And when He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
Luk 4:21 - And He began to say to them, Today this Scripture has been afulfilled in your hearing.
Luk 4:22 - And all bore witness to Him and amarveled at the 1words of bgrace proceeding out of His mouth, and they said, Is not this 2cJoseph’s son?
Luk 4:23 - And He said to them, Surely you will say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal ayourself! What we heard happening in bCapernaum, do here also in Your own country.
Luk 4:24 - And He said, Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
Luk 4:25 - But in truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of aElijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
Luk 4:26 - And to none of them was Elijah sent, except to the city of 1aSarepta of bSidon, to a 2woman who was a widow.
Luk 4:27 - And there were many alepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were cleansed, except bNaaman the Syrian.
Luk 4:28 - And all in the synagogue were filled with aanger when they heard these things,
Luk 4:29 - And they rose up and acast Him out of the city and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built so that they might throw Him down the cliff.
Luk 4:30 - But He, 1passing through their midst, awent away.
2.  Carrying out His fourfold commission—teaching, casting out demons, healing, and preaching4:31-44
Luk 4:31 - And He acame down to bCapernaum, a city of Galilee. And He ctaught them on the dSabbath.
Luk 4:32 - And they were aastounded at His teaching, because His word was with 1bauthority.
Luk 4:33 - And in the synagogue there was a man who had a 1aspirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
Luk 4:34 - 1Ah! 2aWhat do we have to do with You, Jesus, bNazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I cknow who You are—the dHoly One of God.
Luk 4:35 - And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be aquiet and come out from him. And throwing him down in the midst, the demon came out from him without harming him at all.
Luk 4:36 - And amazement came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What is this word? For with 1aauthority and bpower He orders the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Luk 4:37 - And 1areports went out concerning Him into every place of the surrounding region.
Luk 4:38 - And He rose up and went from the synagogue and aentered into the house of Simon. And 1Simon’s mother-in-law was 2suffering with a high 3fever, and they asked Him concerning her.
Luk 4:39 - And standing over her, He arebuked the fever, and it left her. And she instantly rose up and served them.
Luk 4:40 - And when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He alaid His hands on each one of them and healed them.
Luk 4:41 - And demons also came out from many, acrying out and saying, You are the bSon of God! And He rebuked them and would cnot allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the dChrist.
Luk 4:42 - And when aday came, He departed and went into a bdeserted place. And the crowds csought Him, and they came up to Him and tried to hold on to Him so that He would not go away from them.
Luk 4:43 - But He said to them, I must 1aannounce the gospel of the 2kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for 3this I was sent.
Luk 4:44 - And He 1preached in the asynagogues of 2Judea.

Luke

Chapter 5 of 24

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3.  Attracting the occupied5:1-11
Luk 5:1 - And as the crowd pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He was astanding by the 1lake of bGennesaret.
Luk 5:2 - And He 1saw two boats lying by the lake, and the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing the nets.
Luk 5:3 - And He got into one of the aboats, which was 1Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and from the boat taught the crowds.
Luk 5:4 - And when He ceased speaking, He said to Simon, Put out into the deep and let down your anets for a catch.
Luk 5:5 - And Simon answered and said, 1Master, through the whole night we toiled and caught anothing; but based on Your word I will let down the nets.
Luk 5:6 - And when they did this, they enclosed a great number of afish, and their nets began to tear apart.
Luk 5:7 - And they signaled to their companions in the other boat to come and assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
Luk 5:8 - And when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a asinful man, Lord.
Luk 5:9 - For amazement had taken possession of him and all who were with him, because of the catch of the fish which they took;
Luk 5:10 - And likewise also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were 1partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not be afraid. From now on you will be 2acatching men alive.
Luk 5:11 - And when they had brought the boats to the land, they aleft all and bfollowed Him.
4.  Cleansing the contaminated5:12-16
Luk 5:12 - And while He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a 1aman full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he bfell on his face and begged Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You can cleanse me.
Luk 5:13 - And stretching out His hand, He touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him.
Luk 5:14 - And He charged him to tell ano one: But go away, show yourself to the bpriest, and offer the gift for your cleansing, even as cMoses directed, for a dtestimony to them.
Luk 5:15 - But the word concerning Him spread abroad all the more, and agreat crowds came together to hear Him and to be bhealed from their infirmities.
Luk 5:16 - But He Himself often withdrew in the awilderness and 1bprayed.
5.  Healing the paralytic5:17-26
Luk 5:17 - And on one of the days He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and ateachers of the law sitting there, who had come out of every bvillage of Galilee and cJudea and Jerusalem. And the dpower of the Lord 1was with Him to heal.
Luk 5:18 - And behold, some men abrought on a bed a 1bman who was paralyzed, and they sought a way to carry him in and lay him before Him.
Luk 5:19 - And since they could not find by what way they might carry him in because of the crowd, they went up onto the housetop and let him down with the cot through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.
Luk 5:20 - And seeing their afaith, He said, Man, your sins are bforgiven you.
Luk 5:21 - And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaks ablasphemies? Who can bforgive sins except God alone?
Luk 5:22 - But Jesus, aknowing fully their reasonings, answered and said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Luk 5:23 - Which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Rise and walk?
Luk 5:24 - But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to aforgive sins—He said to the one paralyzed, To you I say, Rise and take up your cot and go to your house.
Luk 5:25 - And he rose up at once before them and took up that upon which he was lying and went away to his house, aglorifying God.
Luk 5:26 - And astonishment took hold of all, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen extraordinary things today.
6.  Calling the despised5:27-39
Luk 5:27 - And after these things He went out and beheld a 1atax collector named Levi bsitting at the tax office, and He said to him, Follow Me.
Luk 5:28 - And leaving all, he rose up and afollowed Him.
Luk 5:29 - And Levi gave a great reception for Him in his 1house; and there was a great crowd of atax collectors and others who were reclining at table with them.
Luk 5:30 - And the Pharisees and their ascribes murmured at His disciples, saying, Why do you beat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?
Luk 5:31 - And Jesus answered and said to them, Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill;
Luk 5:32 - I have not come to call the arighteous, but bsinners to crepentance.
Luk 5:33 - And they asaid to Him, The 1bdisciples of John cfast often and make petitions, likewise also those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink.
Luk 5:34 - And Jesus said to them, You cannot make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the abridegroom is with them, can you?
Luk 5:35 - But the adays will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.
Luk 5:36 - And He also spoke a parable to them: No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise, 1he will tear the new garment, and also the patch from the new will not match the old.
Luk 5:37 - And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will be poured out and the wineskins will be ruined;
Luk 5:38 - But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
Luk 5:39 - And no one who has drunk the old desires the new, for he says, The old is better.

Luke

Chapter 6 of 24

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7.  Breaking the deformed sabbatical regulation for people's satisfaction and liberation6:1-11
Luk 6:1 - 1And 2one aSabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples were picking and eating the bears of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
Luk 6:2 - And some of the aPharisees said, Why are you doing what is bnot lawful to do on the Sabbath?
Luk 6:3 - And Jesus answered them and said, Have you not even read this that aDavid did when he became hungry, he and those who were with him;
Luk 6:4 - How he entered into the house of God, and taking the abread of the Presence, he ate it and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests alone?
Luk 6:5 - And He said to them, The aSon of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
Luk 6:6 - And 1on another Sabbath He entered into the asynagogue and 2taught. And there was a bman there, and his right hand was withered.
Luk 6:7 - And the scribes and the Pharisees were awatching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to baccuse Him.
Luk 6:8 - But He aknew their reasonings and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise and stand in the midst. And he rose up and stood.
Luk 6:9 - And Jesus said to them, I ask you, Is it alawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a 1life or to destroy it?
Luk 6:10 - And alooking around at all of them, He said to him, Stretch out your hand. And he did, and his hand was restored.
Luk 6:11 - But they were filled with 1arage and bdiscussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
8.  Appointing twelve apostles6:12-16
Luk 6:12 - And in these days He went out to the mountain to 1apray, and He spent the whole night in 2prayer to God.
Luk 6:13 - And when it became day, He 1acalled His bdisciples to Him, and He chose from them twelve, whom He also named capostles:
Luk 6:14 - aSimon, whom He also named bPeter, and cAndrew his brother and dJames and John and ePhilip and Bartholomew
Luk 6:15 - And aMatthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Simon, who was called Zealot,
Luk 6:16 - And aJudas the 1brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became the traitor.
9.  Teaching His disciples the highest morality6:17-49
Luk 6:17 - And He came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a agreat crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of bTyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases.
Luk 6:18 - And those who were troubled by unclean aspirits were healed.
Luk 6:19 - And all the crowd sought to atouch Him, because bpower was going out from Him and healing all.
Luk 6:20 - And He alifted up His eyes to His disciples and bsaid, 1Blessed are the 2cpoor, for yours is the 3dkingdom of God.
Luk 6:21 - Blessed are those who ahunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who bweep now, for you shall laugh.
Luk 6:22 - Blessed are you when men ahate you and when they separate you from them and breproach you and ccast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Luk 6:23 - aRejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the bprophets.
Luk 6:24 - 1But awoe to you who are brich, for you have 2creceived your consolation in full.
Luk 6:25 - Woe to you who are satiated now, for you shall ahunger. Woe to you who are blaughing now, for you shall mourn and weep.
Luk 6:26 - Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false aprophets.
Luk 6:27 - But to you who hear I say, 1Love your aenemies; do well to those who hate you;
Luk 6:28 - aBless those who curse you; bpray for those who revile you.
Luk 6:29 - To him who abeats you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
Luk 6:30 - To everyone who asks of you, agive; and from him who takes away your things, do not require their return.
Luk 6:31 - And just as you want men to ado to you, do to them likewise.
Luk 6:32 - And if you alove those who love you, what 1thanks is it to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Luk 6:33 - For if you also do good to those who do good to you, what thanks is it to you? Even sinners do the same.
Luk 6:34 - And if you alend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks is it to you? Even sinners lend to sinners that they may get back the equal amount.
Luk 6:35 - But love your aenemies, and do good and blend, 1expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be csons of the dMost High; for He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
Luk 6:36 - Be full of compassion, even aas your Father also is full of bcompassion.
Luk 6:37 - And 1do anot judge, and you shall by no means be judged; and do bnot condemn, and you shall by no means be condemned; crelease, and you will be released;
Luk 6:38 - aGive, and it will be given to you; a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your 1bosom. For with what bmeasure you measure, it shall be measured to you in return.
Luk 6:39 - And He also spoke a parable to them: 1A 2blind man cannot aguide a blind man, can he? Will not both fall into a pit?
Luk 6:40 - A adisciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who has been perfected will be like his teacher.
Luk 6:41 - And why do you 1look at the asplinter which is in your brother’s eye, but the beam which is in your bown eye you do not consider?
Luk 6:42 - How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me remove the splinter which is in your eye, you yourself not seeing the beam which is in your eye? 1Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the splinter which is in your brother’s eye.
Luk 6:43 - For there is ano good tree that produces corrupt fruit, nor again a corrupt tree that produces good fruit.
Luk 6:44 - For each tree is aknown by its own fruit. For men do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a thornbush.
Luk 6:45 - The good man, out of the agood treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is good, and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is evil; for bout of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaks.
Luk 6:46 - And why do you call Me, aLord, Lord, and do not do the things that I say?
Luk 6:47 - 1Everyone who comes to Me and ahears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like.
Luk 6:48 - He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the river broke out against that house, yet it was not strong enough to shake it, because it had been built well.
Luk 6:49 - But he who hears and does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation, against which the river broke out, and immediately it acollapsed, and the crash of that house was great.

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Chapter 7 of 24

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10.  Curing the dying one7:1-10
Luk 7:1 - After He completed all His words in the 1hearing of the people, He 2aentered into bCapernaum.
Luk 7:2 - And a certain acenturion’s slave, who was highly valued by him, was ill and about to die.
Luk 7:3 - And when he heard about Jesus, he sent to Him some elders of the Jews, requesting that He would come and 1completely heal his slave.
Luk 7:4 - And when they came to Jesus, they entreated Him earnestly, saying, He is worthy of Your granting this to him,
Luk 7:5 - For he loves our nation, and he himself built the asynagogue for us.
Luk 7:6 - And Jesus went with them. But already, when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, Lord, do anot trouble Yourself, for I am not fit for You to enter under my roof;
Luk 7:7 - Therefore, I did not count even myself worthy to come to You. But speak a aword, and let my servant be healed.
Luk 7:8 - For I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it.
Luk 7:9 - And when Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found such great afaith.
Luk 7:10 - And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
11.  Showing pity to the weeping widow by raising up her only son7:11-17
Luk 7:11 - And 1soon afterward He went into a city called Nain, and His disciples went with Him, as well as a large crowd.
Luk 7:12 - And as He came near the gate of the city, behold, one who had died was being carried out, an aonly son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a considerable crowd from the city was with her.
Luk 7:13 - And when the Lord saw her, He was 1moved with acompassion for her and said to her, Do bnot weep.
Luk 7:14 - And He came near and touched the bier, and those carrying it stood still. And He said, Young man, to you I say, aArise.
Luk 7:15 - And the adead man sat up and began to speak. And He bgave him to his mother.
Luk 7:16 - And afear took hold of all, and they bglorified God, saying, A great cprophet has been raised up among us, and, God has dvisited His people!
Luk 7:17 - And this report concerning Him went out in the whole of 1Judea and in all the surrounding region.
12.  Strengthening His forerunner7:18-35
Luk 7:18 - And 1John’s adisciples breported to him concerning all these things.
Luk 7:19 - And John called a certain two of his disciples to him and sent them to 1the Lord, saying, Are You the aComing One, or should we expect another?
Luk 7:20 - And the men came to Him and said, John the Baptist sent us to You, saying, Are You the Coming One, or should we expect another?
Luk 7:21 - In that hour He ahealed many from diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many who were bblind He graciously gave sight.
Luk 7:22 - And He answered and said to them, Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the ablind receive their sight, the blame walk, the clepers are cleansed and the ddeaf hear, the edead are raised, the fpoor have the gospel 1announced to them.
Luk 7:23 - And 1blessed is he who is not astumbled because of Me.
Luk 7:24 - And when the messengers of John went away, He began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you go out into the awilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?
Luk 7:25 - But what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft garments? Behold, those who live in splendid apparel and luxury are in royal palaces.
Luk 7:26 - But what did you go out to see? A aprophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
Luk 7:27 - This is he concerning whom it is written, a“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.”
Luk 7:28 - I say to you, Among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet he who is least in the akingdom of God is greater than he.
Luk 7:29 - And when all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they aacknowledged that God was righteous, since they had been bbaptized with the cbaptism of John.
Luk 7:30 - But the aPharisees and the 1blawyers 2rejected the ccounsel of God for themselves since they had not been baptized by him.
Luk 7:31 - And Jesus said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?
Luk 7:32 - They are like little children sitting in the amarketplace and calling to one another, who say, We have played the flute to you, and you did not dance; we have sung a dirge, and you did not weep.
Luk 7:33 - For John the Baptist has come neither aeating bread bnor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.
Luk 7:34 - The Son of Man has come aeating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a bfriend of tax collectors and sinners.
Luk 7:35 - Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.
13.  Forgiving sinners7:36-50
Luk 7:36 - Now a certain one of the Pharisees asked Him to aeat with him. And He entered into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
Luk 7:37 - And behold, there was a woman in the city who was a sinner, and when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, she 1brought an alabaster flask of aointment.
Luk 7:38 - And she stood behind Him at His feet weeping and began to wet His feet with her tears and wiped them with the 1ahair of her head, and she kissed His feet 2affectionately and anointed them with the 3ointment.
Luk 7:39 - But when the aPharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said within himself, This man, 1if He were a bprophet, would know cwho and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him, because she is a sinner.
Luk 7:40 - And Jesus 1answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Teacher, say it.
Luk 7:41 - A certain moneylender had 1two adebtors: one owed five hundred 2denarii and the other fifty.
Luk 7:42 - But since they had 1nothing with which to repay, he graciously 2aforgave them both. Which of them 3therefore will love him more?
Luk 7:43 - Simon answered and said, I suppose the one whom he graciously forgave the more. And He said to him, You have judged correctly.
Luk 7:44 - And turning to the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you did not 1give Me water for My afeet, but she, with her tears, has wet My feet and with her hair has wiped them.
Luk 7:45 - You did not give Me a akiss, but she, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing My feet affectionately.
Luk 7:46 - You did not anoint My head with aoil, but she has anointed My feet with ointment.
Luk 7:47 - For this reason I say to you, Her sins which are amany are forgiven, because she 1loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, he 1loves little.
Luk 7:48 - And He said to her, 1Your sins are aforgiven.
Luk 7:49 - And those who were reclining at table with Him began to say within themselves, 1aWho is this who even forgives sins?
Luk 7:50 - But He said to the woman, Your 1afaith has saved you. Go 2in bpeace.

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Chapter 8 of 24

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14.  Ministered to by women8:1-3
Luk 8:1 - And soon afterward He journeyed from city to city and avillage to village, 1preaching and 2bannouncing the gospel of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with Him,
Luk 8:2 - As well as certain 1awomen who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, who was called Magdalene, from whom bseven demons had gone out,
Luk 8:3 - And aJoanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many other women, who ministered to 1them out of their possessions.
15.  Teaching with parables8:4-18
Luk 8:4 - And while a great crowd was coming together and those from city to city were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a aparable:
Luk 8:5 - The 1sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell beside the way, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of heaven devoured it.
Luk 8:6 - And other seed fell on the rock, and as it grew, it withered because it had no moisture.
Luk 8:7 - And other seed fell in the midst of the athorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it off.
Luk 8:8 - And other seed fell into the good earth, and when it grew, it produced fruit a ahundredfold. When He had said these things, He called out, He who has ears to hear, let him bhear.
Luk 8:9 - And His disciples questioned Him as to what this parable might be.
Luk 8:10 - And He said, To you it has been given to know the amysteries of the 1kingdom of God, but to the rest they are in parables, in order that bseeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Luk 8:11 - Now the aparable is this: The seed is the bword of God.
Luk 8:12 - And those beside the way are those who heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they would not believe and be asaved.
Luk 8:13 - And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with ajoy; yet these have no root, who believe only for a while, and in time of btrial they draw back.
Luk 8:14 - And that which fell into the thorns, these are those who heard and, going away, are utterly choked by aanxieties and briches and cpleasures of this 1life, and do not bring any fruit to maturity.
Luk 8:15 - But that which is in the good earth, these are those who in a anoble and good heart hear the word and hold it fast and bbear fruit with cendurance.
Luk 8:16 - Now ano one who has lit a 1blamp covers it with a vessel or puts it underneath a bed, but he puts it on a lampstand in order that those who come in may see the light.
Luk 8:17 - For nothing is ahidden which shall not become manifest, nor concealed which shall not by all means be made known and come into the open.
Luk 8:18 - aTake heed therefore how you bhear, for whoever chas, it shall be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him.
16.  Identifying His real relatives8:19-21
Luk 8:19 - And His 1mother and abrothers bcame up to Him and were not able to get to Him because of the crowd.
Luk 8:20 - And it was reported to Him, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside wanting to see You.
Luk 8:21 - But He answered and said to them, My mother and My brothers are these who ahear the word of God and do it.
17.  Quelling the storm8:22-25
Luk 8:22 - And on one of the days He and His disciples 1got into a aboat. And He said to them, Let us go over to the bother side of the clake. And they launched out.
Luk 8:23 - And while they were sailing, He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down upon the lake, and they began to fill with water and were in danger.
Luk 8:24 - And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, 1Master, Master, we are perishing! And being awakened, He arebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they bceased, and there was a ccalm.
Luk 8:25 - And He said to them, Where is your faith? And they abecame frightened and marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this, that He orders even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?
18.  Casting out a legion of demons8:26-39
Luk 8:26 - And they 1sailed down to the region of the aGerasenes, which is across from Galilee.
Luk 8:27 - And when He went out onto the land, a certain man out of the city, who had demons, met Him, and for a considerable time he had not put on clothes and did not remain in a house but among the tombs.
Luk 8:28 - And when he saw Jesus, he acried out and fell before Him and said in a loud voice, What do I have to do with You, Jesus, Son of the bMost High God? I beseech You, do not torment me.
Luk 8:29 - For He had charged the aunclean spirit to come out from the man; for many times it had seized him and he had been bound with chains and shackles and was kept under watch, yet every time he tore the bonds apart and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.
Luk 8:30 - And Jesus questioned him, What is your name? And he said, Legion, because many demons had entered into him.
Luk 8:31 - And they entreated Him not to order them to depart into the aabyss.
Luk 8:32 - Now there was a herd of many ahogs feeding there on the mountain. And they entreated Him to permit them to enter into them, and He gave them permission.
Luk 8:33 - And the demons came out from the man and entered into the hogs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the alake and was drowned.
Luk 8:34 - And when those who were feeding them saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the countryside.
Luk 8:35 - And the people went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had come out, asitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and sane, and they became frightened.
Luk 8:36 - And those who had seen it reported to them how the demon-possessed man had been 1healed.
Luk 8:37 - And all the multitude from the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Him to adepart from them, for they were seized with great bfear; and He got into a boat and returned.
Luk 8:38 - And the man from whom the demons had come out begged to be with Him, but He sent him away, saying,
Luk 8:39 - Return to your house, and relate what great things God has done for you. And he departed, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
19.  Healing a woman with a flow of blood and raising up a dead girl8:40-56
Luk 8:40 - Now as Jesus was 1areturning, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all waiting for Him.
Luk 8:41 - And behold, a 1man came whose name was Jairus, and this man was a aruler of the synagogue. And he fell at Jesus’ feet and entreated Him to enter into his house,
Luk 8:42 - Because he had an aonly daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the crowds 1pressed against Him.
Luk 8:43 - And a woman who had a aflow of blood for twelve years and who 1had spent all her livelihood on physicians and yet could not be healed by anyone,
Luk 8:44 - Approached Him from behind and touched the afringe of His garment, and instantly her flow of blood stopped.
Luk 8:45 - And Jesus said, Who is the one who touched Me? And when all denied it, Peter1 said, Master, the crowds are pressing and crushing You.
Luk 8:46 - But Jesus said, Someone touched Me, for I perceived that apower had gone out from Me.
Luk 8:47 - And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him and declared before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she had been instantly healed.
Luk 8:48 - And He said to her, Daughter, your afaith has 1healed you. Go 2in peace.
Luk 8:49 - While He was still speaking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying, Your daughter has died; do anot trouble the bTeacher any longer.
Luk 8:50 - But Jesus, hearing it, answered him, Do not be afraid—only believe, and she will be healed.
Luk 8:51 - And He came to the house and did not allow anyone to enter with Him, except aPeter and 1John and James and the father of the child and the mother.
Luk 8:52 - And all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, Do anot weep, for she has not died but is bsleeping.
Luk 8:53 - And they laughed scornfully at Him, knowing that she had died.
Luk 8:54 - But He atook hold of her hand and called out, saying, Child, barise!
Luk 8:55 - And her aspirit returned and she rose up instantly; and He directed that something be given to her to eat.
Luk 8:56 - And her parents were amazed, but He charged them to tell ano one what had happened.

Luke

Chapter 9 of 24

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20.  Sending the twelve apostles to spread His ministry9:1-9
Luk 9:1 - And He acalled together the twelve1 and gave them power and 2bauthority over all the demons and to heal diseases.
Luk 9:2 - And He asent them to proclaim the 1bkingdom of God and to cheal the sick.
Luk 9:3 - And He said to them, aTake nothing for the journey, neither a staff nor a bag 1nor bread nor money, nor have two tunics apiece.
Luk 9:4 - And into whatever house you enter, remain there and from there go out.
Luk 9:5 - And as many as do not receive you, as you go out from that city, ashake off the dust from your feet for a btestimony against them.
Luk 9:6 - And they went out and passed through village after village, announcing the gospel and healing everywhere.
Luk 9:7 - And aHerod the tetrarch bheard of all that was happening and was utterly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
Luk 9:8 - And by some that aElijah had appeared, and by others that a certain prophet of the ancients had risen up.
Luk 9:9 - And Herod said, John I 1abeheaded, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things? And he bsought to see Him.
21.  Feeding the five thousand9:10-17
Luk 9:10 - And when the apostles returned, they arelated to Him the things they had done. And btaking them aside, He withdrew privately into a city called Bethsaida.
Luk 9:11 - But the acrowds found out and followed Him, and He welcomed them and spoke to them concerning the bkingdom of God; and those who had need of healing He chealed.
Luk 9:12 - And the 1day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to Him, aSend the crowd away so that they may go into the surrounding villages and 2countryside to lodge and find provisions, because we are here in a deserted place.
Luk 9:13 - But He said to them, You agive them something to eat. But they said, We have no more than bfive loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.
Luk 9:14 - For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, Make them recline in 1groups of about fifty each.
Luk 9:15 - And they did so and made them all recline.
Luk 9:16 - And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and alooking up to heaven, He bblessed and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
Luk 9:17 - And they ate and were all satisfied. And what was left over among them was taken up, 1twelve handbaskets of broken pieces.
22.  Recognized as the Christ9:18-21
Luk 9:18 - And as He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He 1questioned them, saying, aWho do the crowds say that I am?
Luk 9:19 - And they answered and said, aJohn the Baptist, and others bElijah, and others that a certain prophet of the ancients has risen up.
Luk 9:20 - And He said to them, But you, who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said, The aChrist of God.
Luk 9:21 - But He charged them and commanded them to tell this to ano one,
23.  Unveiling His death and resurrection the first time9:22-26
Luk 9:22 - aSaying, The bSon of Man must suffer many things, and be 1crejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the dthird day be raised.
Luk 9:23 - And He said to them all, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his across bdaily and follow Me.
Luk 9:24 - For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall 1lose it; but whoever 1loses his soul-life for My sake, this one shall save it.
Luk 9:25 - For what is a man profited if he 1gains the whole world but loses or 1forfeits himself?
Luk 9:26 - For whoever is aashamed of Me and of My words, of this one will the Son of Man be ashamed when He bcomes in His glory and the glory of the Father and of the choly angels.
24.  Transfigured on the mount9:27-36
Luk 9:27 - But I say to you truly, There are some of those standing here who shall by ano means btaste death until they see the kingdom of God.
Luk 9:28 - And about 1eight days after these words, He atook with Him bPeter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to cpray.
Luk 9:29 - And as He prayed, the appearance of His face became adifferent, and His garment 1dazzling bwhite.
Luk 9:30 - And behold, two men were conversing with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luk 9:31 - Who appeared in glory and spoke of His adeparture, which He was about to complete in Jerusalem.
Luk 9:32 - Now Peter and those with him had been overcome with asleep, but when they had fully woken up, they saw His bglory and the two men who were standing with Him.
Luk 9:33 - And as they were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three atents, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah—not knowing what he was saying.
Luk 9:34 - And while he said these things, a acloud appeared and overshadowed them; and they became frightened as they entered into the cloud.
Luk 9:35 - And a avoice came out of the cloud, 1saying, This is My Son, the 2Chosen One. bHear Him!
Luk 9:36 - And when the voice 1had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and reported to ano one in those days anything of what they had seen.
25.  Casting a demon out of a man's son9:37-43a
Luk 9:37 - And on the following day, when they came down from the mountain, a great crowd met Him.
Luk 9:38 - And behold, a aman from the crowd called out, saying, Teacher, I beg You to look upon my son, for he is my bonly child.
Luk 9:39 - And behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it athrows him into convulsions with foaming; and it hardly goes away from him, all the time crushing him.
Luk 9:40 - And I begged Your disciples to acast it out, and they could not.
Luk 9:41 - And Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and aperverted generation! How long shall I be bwith you and bear with you? Bring your son here.
Luk 9:42 - And just as he was coming to Him, the demon threw him down and greatly convulsed him. But Jesus arebuked the bunclean spirit and healed the child and cgave him back to his father.
Luk 9:43a - And all were astounded at the amajesty of God.
26.  Unveiling His death the second time9:43b-45
Luk 9:43b - And while all were marveling at all the things which He did, He bsaid to His disciples,
Luk 9:44 - Put these words into your ears; for the aSon of Man is about to be bdelivered into the hands of men.
Luk 9:45 - But they did anot understand this saying, and it was bconcealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him concerning this saying.
27.  Teaching concerning humility and tolerance9:46-50
Luk 9:46 - And areasoning came in among them as to which of them was bgreatest.
Luk 9:47 - And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their aheart, took hold of a little child and stood him beside Himself,
Luk 9:48 - And He said to them, Whoever areceives this little child 1because of My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for he who is least among you all, this one is bgreat.
Luk 9:49 - And aJohn answered and said, Master, we saw someone casting out demons bin Your name, and we 1cforbade him because he does not follow with us.
Luk 9:50 - But Jesus said to him, Do 1not forbid him, for 2he who is anot against you is for you.
B.  From Galilee to Jerusalem9:51-19:27
1.  Rejected by the Samaritans9:51-56
Luk 9:51 - And as the days were being fulfilled for Him to be ataken up, He steadfastly set His face to go to 1bJerusalem.
Luk 9:52 - And He sent messengers abefore His face. And they went and entered into a village of the bSamaritans to prepare for Him.
Luk 9:53 - And they did not receive Him, because His aface was set to go to Jerusalem.
Luk 9:54 - And seeing this, the disciples James and John said, Lord, do You want us to 1command afire to come down from heaven and consume them2?
Luk 9:55 - But turning, He rebuked them 1and said, 2You do not know of what kind of spirit you are.
Luk 9:56 - 1The Son of Man has not come to destroy men’s 2lives but to save them. And they went into another village.
2.  Instructing people how to follow Him9:57-62
Luk 9:57 - And as they went along the road, 1someone said to Him, I will afollow You wherever You go.
Luk 9:58 - And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have roosts, but the Son of Man does 1not have a place where He may lay His head.
Luk 9:59 - And He said to 1another, Follow Me. But he said, Lord, permit me to go first and bury my father.
Luk 9:60 - But He said to him, Let the 1dead bury their own dead, but you go and 2announce the akingdom of God everywhere.
Luk 9:61 - And 1another also said, I will follow You, Lord; but first apermit me to say farewell to those in my house.
Luk 9:62 - But Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand on the 1plow and looks abehind is fit for the bkingdom of God.

Luke

Chapter 10 of 24

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3.  Appointing seventy disciples to spread His ministry10:1-24
Luk 10:1 - Now after these things, the Lord appointed 1seventy others and asent them 2two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to come.
Luk 10:2 - And He said to them, The aharvest is great, but the workers few; therefore, 1beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers 2into His harvest.
Luk 10:3 - Go; behold, I send you as alambs in the midst of wolves.
Luk 10:4 - Do 1anot carry a purse, nor a bag, nor sandals; and greet bno one on the way.
Luk 10:5 - And into whatever house you enter, first say, aPeace to this house.
Luk 10:6 - And if a 1son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon 2it; but if not, it shall areturn upon you.
Luk 10:7 - And in that house aremain, beating and drinking the things from them, for the cworker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
Luk 10:8 - And into whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is aset before you;
Luk 10:9 - And aheal the sick who are in it and say to them, The 1bkingdom of God has drawn near to you.
Luk 10:10 - But into whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
Luk 10:11 - Even the adust from your city which clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near.
Luk 10:12 - I say to you that it will be 1more tolerable for aSodom in that day than for that city.
Luk 10:13 - Woe to you, aChorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the bworks of power which took place in you had taken place in cTyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in dsackcloth and ashes.
Luk 10:14 - Yet it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
Luk 10:15 - And you, Capernaum, who have been aexalted to heaven, to 1bHades you will be cbrought down.
Luk 10:16 - He who hears you hears Me, and he who arejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who bsent Me.
Luk 10:17 - And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us ain Your name.
Luk 10:18 - And He said to them, I was watching Satan 1fall like lightning out of heaven.
Luk 10:19 - Behold, I have given you the 1aauthority to tread upon 2bserpents and 2scorpions and over all the 1power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luk 10:20 - However do not rejoice in this, that the aspirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are brecorded in the heavens.
Luk 10:21 - 1In that hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit and asaid, I extol You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the bwise and intelligent and have revealed them to cbabes. Yes, Father, for thus it has been dwell pleasing in Your sight.
Luk 10:22 - aAll things have been delivered to Me by My Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is bexcept the Son and him to whom the Son wills to creveal Him.
Luk 10:23 - And turning to the disciples, He said privately, aBlessed are the eyes which see the things that you see.
Luk 10:24 - For I tell you that many aprophets and kings have wanted to bperceive the things that you see, and have not perceived them, and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.
4.  Portraying Himself as the good Samaritan with the highest morality10:25-37
Luk 10:25 - And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and put Him to the 1test, asaying, Teacher, 2what should I do to 3inherit eternal life?
Luk 10:26 - And He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it?
Luk 10:27 - And he answered and said, a“You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and 1with your whole soul and 1with your whole strength and 1with your whole mind, and byour neighbor as yourself.”
Luk 10:28 - And He said to him, You have answered correctly; ado this, and you shall have life.
Luk 10:29 - But he, wanting to 1justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Luk 10:30 - Jesus, taking up the question, said, A 1certain man was going 2down from 3Jerusalem to 3aJericho, and he fell among 4robbers, who having both 5stripped him and 6beaten him, went away, 7leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 - And by coincidence a certain 1priest was going down on that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Luk 10:32 - And likewise also a 1Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the opposite side.
Luk 10:33 - But a certain 1aSamaritan, who was journeying, came upon him; and when he saw him, he was moved with bcompassion;
Luk 10:34 - And he came to him and 1abound up his wounds and poured oil and wine on them. And placing him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luk 10:35 - And on the next day he took out two 1adenarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, Take care of him; and whatever you spend in addition to this, when I return, I will repay you.
Luk 10:36 - Which of these three, does it seem to you, has 1become a neighbor to him who fell into the hands of the robbers?
Luk 10:37 - And he said, 1The one who showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go, and you do likewise.
5.  Received by Martha10:38-42
Luk 10:38 - Now as they went, He entered into a certain 1village, and a certain woman named 2aMartha breceived Him into her home.
Luk 10:39 - And she had a sister called 1Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s afeet and was listening to His word.
Luk 10:40 - But Martha was 1abeing drawn about with much serving, and she came up to Him and said, Lord, does it not matter to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to do her part with me.
Luk 10:41 - But the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are aanxious and troubled about many things;
Luk 10:42 - But there is need of aone thing, for Mary has chosen the 1bgood part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Luke

Chapter 11 of 24

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6.  Teaching concerning prayer11:1-13
Luk 11:1 - And while He was in a certain place praying, when He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
Luk 11:2 - And He said to them, aWhen you 1pray, say, 2bFather, Your name be csanctified; Your dkingdom come.
Luk 11:3 - Give us each day our daily abread.
Luk 11:4 - And aforgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone bindebted to us. And do not bring us into ctemptation1.
Luk 11:5 - And He said to them, Who among you will have a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
Luk 11:6 - Since a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to set before him;
Luk 11:7 - And that one, from inside, will answer and say, Do not trouble me; the door is already shut and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up and give you anything?
Luk 11:8 - I say to you, Even though he will not rise up and give him anything because he is his friend, surely because of his shameless persistence he will rise and give him what he needs.
Luk 11:9 - 1aAnd I say to you, bAsk and it shall be given to you; cseek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
Luk 11:10 - For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.
Luk 11:11 - But what father among you 1whose son shall ask for a fish will instead of a fish hand him a snake?
Luk 11:12 - Or if he shall also ask for an egg will hand him a scorpion?
Luk 11:13 - If you then being aevil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from heaven give the 1bHoly Spirit to those who 2ask Him!
7.  Rejected by the evil generation11:14-32
Luk 11:14 - 1And once He was acasting out a demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the crowds marveled.
Luk 11:15 - But some of them said, By 1aBeelzebul, the ruler of the demons, He casts out the demons.
Luk 11:16 - And others, atempting Him, bsought from Him a sign out of heaven.
Luk 11:17 - 1But aHe, bknowing their 2thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house divided against a house falls.
Luk 11:18 - And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I cast out the demons.
Luk 11:19 - But if I by Beelzebul acast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
Luk 11:20 - But if I by the 1finger of God cast out the demons, then the akingdom of God has come upon you.
Luk 11:21 - When the astrong man, fully armed, guards his own 1homestead, his possessions are in peace.
Luk 11:22 - But when one 1stronger than he comes upon him and aovercomes him, he takes away his whole armor in which he had trusted and bdistributes his spoil.
Luk 11:23 - 1He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Luk 11:24 - 1When the unclean aspirit goes out from the man, it roams through waterless places, seeking rest, and not finding it, it says, I will return to my house from which I came out.
Luk 11:25 - And it comes and finds it swept and decorated.
Luk 11:26 - Then it goes and takes along other spirits more evil than itself, seven of them, and they enter and settle down there. And the last state of that man becomes aworse than the first.
Luk 11:27 - And as He said these things, a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice and said to Him, aBlessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.
Luk 11:28 - But He said, Blessed rather are those who ahear the word of God and keep it.
Luk 11:29 - 1And as the crowds were thronging together, He began to say, aThis generation is an evil generation; it bseeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it except the sign of cJonah.
Luk 11:30 - For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
Luk 11:31 - The aqueen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will bcondemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the cwisdom of Solomon, and behold, something dmore than Solomon is here.
Luk 11:32 - aNinevite men will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they brepented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something more than Jonah is here.
8.  Warning not to remain in darkness11:33-36
Luk 11:33 - No one, after lighting a 1alamp, puts it in the cellar or under the 2bushel, but on the 3lampstand, in order that those who enter in may see the light.
Luk 11:34 - The alamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is 1single, your whole body also is 2full of light; but when it is 3bevil, your body also is dark.
Luk 11:35 - Watch out therefore that the 1light which is in you is not darkness.
Luk 11:36 - If therefore your whole body is full of light and does not have any dark part, the whole will be full of light as when the lamp with its rays illuminates you.
9.  Rebuking the Pharisees and lawyers11:37-54
Luk 11:37 - Now as He spoke, a Pharisee asked Him to have the 1morning ameal with him; and He went in and reclined at table.
Luk 11:38 - But the Pharisee, seeing it, marveled that He had not first 1awashed before the meal.
Luk 11:39 - But the Lord said to him, Again, you Pharisees acleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inside is full of extortion and wickedness.
Luk 11:40 - aFoolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
Luk 11:41 - But agive the things which are 1within as alms, and behold, all things are bclean to you.
Luk 11:42 - But woe to you, Pharisees! For you agive a tenth of the bmint and the rue and every herb, and pass by 1cjustice and love for God. But these you should have done and 2not passed by the others.
Luk 11:43 - Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the achief seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the bmarketplaces.
Luk 11:44 - Woe to you! For you are like the unseen atombs, and the men who walk over them do not know it.
Luk 11:45 - And one of the alawyers answered and said to Him, Teacher, by saying these things, you 1insult us also.
Luk 11:46 - And He said, Woe to you lawyers also! For you burden men with burdens ahard to bear, yet you yourselves do not 1touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Luk 11:47 - Woe to you! For you abuild up the 1tombs of the prophets, and your fathers bkilled them.
Luk 11:48 - You are witnesses then and fully approve of the works of your fathers, because they killed them, and you build up their tombs.
Luk 11:49 - Therefore the 1wisdom of God also has said, I will asend to them bprophets and apostles, and some of them they will ckill and persecute,
Luk 11:50 - In order that the ablood of all the prophets which has been poured out bfrom the foundation of the world may be crequired of this generation,
Luk 11:51 - From the blood of aAbel to the blood of bZachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of 1this generation.
Luk 11:52 - Woe to you alawyers! For you have taken away the key of bknowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and those who were entering, you 1chindered.
Luk 11:53 - And when He went out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to provoke Him to speak concerning many things,
Luk 11:54 - aLying in wait for Him in order to 1catch bsomething out of His mouth.

Luke

Chapter 12 of 24

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10.  Warning to beware of the Pharisees' hypocrisy and concerning the denial of the Man-Savior12:1-12
Luk 12:1 - 1Meanwhile, when the myriads of the crowd were gathered together so that they trampled on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, Beware of the aleaven of the Pharisees, which is bhypocrisy.
Luk 12:2 - But there is nothing acovered up which will not be revealed, and bhidden which will not be known.
Luk 12:3 - Therefore what you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the private rooms will be proclaimed on the ahousetops.
Luk 12:4 - And I say to you My afriends, Do not bfear those who kill the body and afterward have nothing more that they can do.
Luk 12:5 - But I will 1show you whom you should fear: fear 2Him who, after killing, has authority to acast into 3Gehenna; yes, I tell you, fear this One.
Luk 12:6 - Are not five sparrows sold for two 1assaria? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
Luk 12:7 - But even the ahairs of your head have all been numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of bmore value than many csparrows.
Luk 12:8 - Moreover, I tell you, Everyone who aconfesses 1in Me before men, the bSon of Man will also cconfess 2in him before the dangels of God;
Luk 12:9 - But he who adenies Me before men will be 1bdenied before the angels of God.
Luk 12:10 - And everyone who will say a word against the aSon of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who 1blasphemes against the bHoly Spirit will not be forgiven.
Luk 12:11 - And when they bring you before the asynagogues and the brulers and the authorities, do not be canxious about how or what you should reply in defense, or what you should say;
Luk 12:12 - For the Holy 1Spirit will teach you in that hour what should be said.
11.  Warning not to be covetous12:13-34
Luk 12:13 - And someone out of the crowd said to Him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
Luk 12:14 - But He said to him, Man, awho appointed Me a judge or a divider over you?
Luk 12:15 - And He said to them, aWatch and guard yourself from all bcovetousness, for no one’s life is in the abundance of his possessions.
Luk 12:16 - And He told them a parable, saying, The land of a certain arich man brought forth abundantly.
Luk 12:17 - And he reasoned in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have no place where I may gather my 1crops?
Luk 12:18 - And he said, I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather there all my wheat and my goods.
Luk 12:19 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many ayears; rest, beat, drink, be merry.
Luk 12:20 - But God said to him, aFoolish one, this night 1they are requiring your bsoul from you; and the things which you have cprepared, dwhose will they be?
Luk 12:21 - So is he who stores up atreasure for himself and is not 1brich toward God.
Luk 12:22 - 1And He said to His disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be aanxious for your 2life, what you should eat; nor for your body, what you should put on;
Luk 12:23 - For the life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Luk 12:24 - Consider the aravens. They neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; yet God nourishes them. How much bmore valuable are you than the birds!
Luk 12:25 - And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his stature?
Luk 12:26 - If then you cannot do even the least, why are you anxious about the rest?
Luk 12:27 - Consider the lilies, how they grow; they do not toil nor even spin thread; but I tell you, Not even aSolomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.
Luk 12:28 - Now if God so arrays the grass in the field, which is here today and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, you of alittle faith!
Luk 12:29 - And you, do not seek what you shall eat and what you shall drink, and do not 1be aunsettled.
Luk 12:30 - For all these things the Gentiles of the world are anxiously seeking, but your Father knows that you aneed these things.
Luk 12:31 - However, seek His akingdom, and these things shall be badded to you.
Luk 12:32 - Do not abe afraid, little bflock, because your Father has been cwell pleased to give you the 1dkingdom.
Luk 12:33 - aSell your possessions and bgive alms; make for yourselves purses which do not become old, an unfailing 1treasure in the heavens, where thief does not come near nor even moth corrupts;
Luk 12:34 - For where your treasure is, there also your 1aheart will be.
12.  Teaching to be watchful and faithful12:35-48
Luk 12:35 - Let your loins be agirded and your blamps burning,
Luk 12:36 - And you be like men waiting for their own master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes and aknocks they may open to him immediately.
Luk 12:37 - Blessed are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find awatching. Truly I tell you that he will bgird himself and will have them crecline at table, and he will 1come to them and dserve them.
Luk 12:38 - And if he comes in the second watch, or if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
Luk 12:39 - 1But 2know this, that if the amaster of the house had 2known in what hour the bthief was coming, he would3 not have allowed his house to be 4cbroken into.
Luk 12:40 - You also, be aready, because at an hour when you do not expect it, the Son of Man is bcoming.
Luk 12:41 - And Peter said, Lord, are You saying this parable to us, or also to aall?
Luk 12:42 - And the Lord said, Who then is the afaithful and bprudent csteward, whom the master will set over his service to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
Luk 12:43 - aBlessed is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
Luk 12:44 - Truly I tell you that he will aset him over all his possessions.
Luk 12:45 - But if that slave says in his heart, My master is adelaying his coming, and begins to beat the male servants and the female servants and to eat and to drink and become bdrunk,
Luk 12:46 - The master of that slave will come on a aday when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, and will cut him asunder, and will appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
Luk 12:47 - And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or do according to his will, will receive many alashes;
Luk 12:48 - But he who did anot know, yet did things worthy of stripes, will receive few lashes. But to everyone to whom bmuch has been given, much will be required from him; and to whom much has been 1committed, they will ask of him all the more.
13.  Longing to be released through His death12:49-53
Luk 12:49 - I have come to cast 1afire on the earth, and 2how I wish that it were already kindled!
Luk 12:50 - But I have a 1baptism to be baptized with, and how I am 2pressed until it is accomplished!
Luk 12:51 - Do you think that I have acome to give peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather 1bdivision.
Luk 12:52 - For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three.
Luk 12:53 - They will be divided: father against son and ason against father; mother against her daughter and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
14.  Teaching concerning the discernment of time12:54-59
Luk 12:54 - And He said also to the crowds, When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say that a ashower is coming, and so it happens.
Luk 12:55 - And when you see a asouth wind blowing, you say that there will be scorching heat, and it happens.
Luk 12:56 - 1aHypocrites, you know how to 2bdiscern the 3face of the earth and of the sky. 4How is it then that you do not know how to 5discern this time?
Luk 12:57 - And why do you not ajudge also of 1yourselves what is right?
Luk 12:58 - 1For as you are going with your aopponent at law to a magistrate, 2endeavor to be released from him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge; and the judge will deliver you up to the officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.
Luk 12:59 - I tell you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the very last 1alepton.

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Chapter 13 of 24

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15.  Teaching concerning repentance13:1-9
Luk 13:1 - 1Now there were some present at the same time who reported to Him concerning the aGalileans whose blood bPilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Luk 13:2 - And He answered and said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered these things?
Luk 13:3 - No, I tell you; but unless you arepent, you shall all likewise bperish.
Luk 13:4 - Or those eighteen on whom the tower in aSiloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were debtors beyond all the men dwelling in Jerusalem?
Luk 13:5 - No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you shall all similarly perish.
Luk 13:6 - 1And He told 2this parable: A certain man had a afig tree planted in his bvineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any.
Luk 13:7 - And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have not found any. aCut it down therefore. Why does it also 1make the ground useless?
Luk 13:8 - But he answered and said to him, Master, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and throw on manure.
Luk 13:9 - And if it produces fruit in the future, good; otherwise, cut it down.
16.  Healing a bent-double woman on the Sabbath13:10-17
Luk 13:10 - And He was teaching in one of the asynagogues on the Sabbath.
Luk 13:11 - And behold, there was a woman who had a 1aspirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was 2bent double and could not stand erect at all.
Luk 13:12 - And Jesus, seeing her, called her to Him and said to her, Woman, you are released from your infirmity.
Luk 13:13 - And He alaid His hands on her, and instantly she was made erect and began to bglorify God.
Luk 13:14 - But the aruler of the synagogue, being 1indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, There are bsix days in which man should work; therefore, come on them and be healed, and cnot on the Sabbath day.
Luk 13:15 - But the Lord answered him and said, 1aHypocrites! Does not each of you on the bSabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away and water it?
Luk 13:16 - And this woman, being a 1daughter of aAbraham whom 2bSatan has bound, behold, for eighteen years, should she not have been released from this bond on the 3Sabbath day?
Luk 13:17 - And when He said these things, all those opposing Him were put to ashame, and all the crowd rejoiced over all the bglorious things that were being done by Him.
17.  Teaching concerning the kingdom of God as a grain of mustard and as leaven13:18-21
Luk 13:18 - 1He said therefore, What is the akingdom of God like, and to what shall I liken it?
Luk 13:19 - It is like a amustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of heaven roosted in its branches.
Luk 13:20 - And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
Luk 13:21 - It is like aleaven, which a woman took and hid in bthree measures of meal until the cwhole was leavened.
18.  Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God13:22-30
Luk 13:22 - And He journeyed throughout the cities and avillages, teaching and making His way toward bJerusalem.
Luk 13:23 - And someone said to Him, Lord, are there only a few who are being asaved?
Luk 13:24 - And He said to them, aStruggle to enter through the 1bnarrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter, yet will not be 2able.
Luk 13:25 - Once the Master of the house has risen and ashuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, bLord, open to us, then He will answer and say to you, I do not know you, nor where you are from.
Luk 13:26 - Then you will begin to say, We aate in Your presence and drank, and You taught in our streets.
Luk 13:27 - And He will say, I tell you, I do not know where you are from. aGo away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness.
Luk 13:28 - There will be 1aweeping and gnashing of teeth there when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the 2kingdom of God, but you being cast boutside.
Luk 13:29 - And they will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and will recline at table in the akingdom of God.
Luk 13:30 - And behold, there are some 1last who will be first, and there are some 2first who will be last.
19.  Journeying uninterruptedly toward Jerusalem13:31-35
Luk 13:31 - In the same hour some aPharisees came up, saying to Him, Get out and go from here, for bHerod wants to 1kill you.
Luk 13:32 - And He said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish healings 1today and tomorrow, and on the athird day I 2am bperfected.
Luk 13:33 - However, I 1must journey today and tomorrow and on the following day because it is not acceptable for a aprophet to perish outside of bJerusalem.
Luk 13:34 - aJerusalem, Jerusalem, who 1kills the prophets and bstones those who are sent to her! How often I desired to cgather your children together, the way a hen gathers her own brood under her dwings, and you ewould not!
Luk 13:35 - Behold, your 1house is left to you. And I say to you, You shall by no means see Me until the time comes when you say, aBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

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Chapter 14 of 24

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20.  Healing a man of dropsy on the Sabbath14:1-6
Luk 14:1 - And as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to aeat bread, they were 1bwatching Him closely.
Luk 14:2 - And behold, there was before Him a certain man suffering from 1dropsy.
Luk 14:3 - And Jesus answered and spoke to the alawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the bSabbath or not?
Luk 14:4 - But they were quiet. And He took hold of him and healed him and sent him away.
Luk 14:5 - And He said to them, Which of you having a 1adonkey or an ox that falls into a well will not immediately pull it out on the Sabbath day?
Luk 14:6 - And they were anot able to reply to these things.
21.  Teaching the invited and the inviting one14:7-14
Luk 14:7 - And He told a parable to those who had been invited, when He noticed how they were choosing the aplaces of honor, saying to them,
Luk 14:8 - When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, lest someone more honorable than you may have been invited by him,
Luk 14:9 - And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this one that place; and then you begin with shame to occupy the last place.
Luk 14:10 - But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, acome up higher. Then you will have glory before all those reclining with you.
Luk 14:11 - For everyone who exalts himself shall be ahumbled, and he who bhumbles himself shall be exalted.
Luk 14:12 - And He said also to the one who had invited Him, When you make a morning meal or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and it become a arepayment to you.
Luk 14:13 - But when you give a reception, invite the 1poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Luk 14:14 - And you will be blessed, because they do not have anything with which to repay you; for it will be repaid to you in the 1aresurrection of the righteous.
22.  Teaching concerning the acceptance of God's invitation14:15-24
Luk 14:15 - And one of those reclining at table with Him, hearing these things, said to Him, aBlessed is he who shall eat bread in the bkingdom of God.
Luk 14:16 - And He said to him, A certain man was making a 1great dinner and invited many;
Luk 14:17 - And he sent his slave at the dinner hour to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all things are now ready.
Luk 14:18 - And they all with one consent began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you, have me excused.
Luk 14:19 - And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to prove them. I ask you, have me excused.
Luk 14:20 - And another said, I have amarried a wife, and because of this I cannot come.
Luk 14:21 - And the slave came up and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the apoor and crippled and blind and lame.
Luk 14:22 - And the slave said, Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.
Luk 14:23 - And the master said to the slave, Go out into the roads and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
Luk 14:24 - For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.
23.  Teaching how to follow the Man-Savior14:25-35
Luk 14:25 - And there were great crowds going along with Him, and He turned and said to them,
Luk 14:26 - 1If anyone acomes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and moreover, even his own bsoul-life, he cannot be My disciple.
Luk 14:27 - Whoever does not carry his own 1across and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
Luk 14:28 - For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has 1enough to complete it?
Luk 14:29 - Lest perhaps, once he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all those looking on will begin to mock him,
Luk 14:30 - Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Luk 14:31 - Or what king, going to engage another king in war, will not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luk 14:32 - Otherwise, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an envoy and asks for the terms of peace.
Luk 14:33 - In the same way therefore everyone of you who does not aforsake all his own possessions cannot be My disciple.
Luk 14:34 - 1Therefore 2salt is good; but if even the salt becomes tasteless, with what will its saltiness be restored?
Luk 14:35 - It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile; they will throw it aout. He who has ears to hear, let him bhear.

Luke

Chapter 15 of 24

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24.  Unveiling the saving love of the Triune God toward sinners15:1-32
a.  By the parable of a shepherd seeking a sheep — vv. 1-7
Luk 15:1 - Now all the atax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.
Luk 15:2 - And both the Pharisees and the ascribes bmurmured among themselves, saying, This man welcomes csinners and deats with them.
Luk 15:3 - And He told them this 1parable, saying,
Luk 15:4 - Which man of you, who has a ahundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the 1bwilderness and go after the one which is clost until he dfinds it?
Luk 15:5 - And when he finds it, he 1lays it on his ashoulders, rejoicing.
Luk 15:6 - And when he comes into his house, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was alost.
Luk 15:7 - I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one asinner repenting than over ninety-nine brighteous persons who have no need of repentance.
b.  By the parable of a woman seeking a coin — vv. 8-10
Luk 15:8 - Or what woman having ten 1silver coins, if she loses one silver coin, does not light a 2lamp and 3sweep the house and 4seek carefully until she finds it?
Luk 15:9 - And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.
Luk 15:10 - In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the aangels of God over one sinner repenting.
c.  By the parable of a father receiving his son — vv. 11-32
Luk 15:11 - And He said, A certain man had two sons.
Luk 15:12 - And the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the 1share of the estate that falls to me. And he adistributed to them his 2living.
Luk 15:13 - And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered everything together, went abroad to a 1distant country and there squandered his estate by living 2dissolutely.
Luk 15:14 - And when he had spent all, a severe famine occurred throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
Luk 15:15 - And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to 1feed hogs.
Luk 15:16 - And he longed to be asatisfied with the 1carob pods which the hogs were eating, and no one gave him anything.
Luk 15:17 - But when he acame to himself, he said, 1How many of my father’s hired servants abound in bread, but I am perishing here in famine!
Luk 15:18 - I will 1rise up and go ato my father, and I will say to him, Father, 2I have sinned against bheaven and cbefore you.
Luk 15:19 - I am 1no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your 2hired servants.
Luk 15:20 - And he rose up and came to his own father. But while he was still a along way off, his father 1saw him and was moved with compassion, and he 2ran and 3bfell on his neck and kissed him affectionately.
Luk 15:21 - And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Luk 15:22 - 1But the father said to his slaves, Bring out 2quickly 3the 4best 5robe and put it on him, and put a 6ring on his hand and 7sandals on his feet.
Luk 15:23 - And bring the 1afattened calf; 2slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry,
Luk 15:24 - Because this son of mine was 1dead and alives again; he was 1lost and has been found. And they began to be merry.
Luk 15:25 - Now his 1older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing,
Luk 15:26 - And calling to him one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.
Luk 15:27 - And he said to him, Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back healthy.
Luk 15:28 - But he became angry and was not willing to enter. And his father came out and entreated him.
Luk 15:29 - But he answered and said to his father, Behold, so many years I have been 1slaving for you and have never 2neglected a command of yours, and you have never given me a goat that I might be merry with my friends;
Luk 15:30 - But when this son of yours came, who devoured your 1living with aharlots, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf.
Luk 15:31 - And he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
Luk 15:32 - But we had to be merry and rejoice, because this brother of yours was 1dead and has come to life, and he was lost and has been found.

Luke

Chapter 16 of 24

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25.  Teaching to be prudent stewards16:1-13
Luk 16:1 - 1And He said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a 2steward, and this one was accused to him of squandering his possessions.
Luk 16:2 - And he called him and said to him, What is this I hear concerning you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.
Luk 16:3 - And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to 1dig; I am ashamed to 2beg.
Luk 16:4 - I know what I will do so that when I am removed from the stewardship they may 1receive me into their own houses.
Luk 16:5 - And when he had called to him each one of his master’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?
Luk 16:6 - And he said, A hundred 1measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.
Luk 16:7 - Then to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred 1measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your bill and write eighty.
Luk 16:8 - And the master praised the aunrighteous steward because he had acted 1prudently; for the 2sons of bthis age are more cprudent in their dealings with their own generation than the 3sons of dlight.
Luk 16:9 - And I say to you, 1Make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of 2unrighteousness, so that when it 3fails, they may receive you into the 4aeternal tabernacles.
Luk 16:10 - He who is afaithful in the 1least is faithful also in 1much; and he who is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
Luk 16:11 - If therefore you have not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is 1true?
Luk 16:12 - And if you have not become faithful in that which belongs to 1another, who will give to you that which is 2your own?
Luk 16:13 - No household servant can 1serve atwo masters; for either he will hate the one and 2love the other, or he will 2hold to one and despise the other. You cannot 1serve God and 3mammon.
26.  Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God16:14-18
Luk 16:14 - And the aPharisees, being blovers of money, heard all these things and 1were csneering at Him.
Luk 16:15 - And He said to them, You are those who ajustify yourselves in the bsight of men, but God knows your chearts; for that which is exalted among men is an 1dabomination in the sight of God.
Luk 16:16 - The 1law and the prophets were 2until John; from that time the 3kingdom of God is proclaimed as the 4gospel, and everyone 5aforces his way into it.
Luk 16:17 - But it is easier for heaven and earth to apass away than for one 1serif of the law to 2fail.
Luk 16:18 - Everyone who 1adivorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits badultery.
27.  Warning the rich16:19-31
Luk 16:19 - Now there was 1a certain rich man, and he clothed himself in apurple and fine linen, making merry every day in splendor.
Luk 16:20 - And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores
Luk 16:21 - And longing to be asatisfied with the things falling from the rich man’s btable; moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luk 16:22 - And the beggar died, and he was carried away by the aangels into 1Abraham’s bbosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
Luk 16:23 - And in 1aHades he lifted up his eyes, being in btorment, and saw Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luk 16:24 - And he called out and said, aFather Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my btongue, because I am in anguish in this cflame.
Luk 16:25 - But Abraham said, Child, remember that in your lifetime you fully received your good things, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
Luk 16:26 - And besides all these things, between us and you a great 1chasm is fixed, so that those wanting to pass from here to you cannot, neither from there to us may any cross over.
Luk 16:27 - And he said, Then I ask you, Father, to send him to the house of my father—
Luk 16:28 - For I have five brothers—so that he may solemnly testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.
Luk 16:29 - But Abraham said, They have 1aMoses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luk 16:30 - But he said, No, Father Abraham; but if someone risen from the dead would go to them, they will repent.
Luk 16:31 - But he said to him, If they do 1not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.

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Chapter 17 of 24

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28.  Teaching concerning stumbling, forgiveness, and faith17:1-6
Luk 17:1 - And He said to His disciples, It is impossible for causes of astumbling not to come, but bwoe to him through cwhom they come.
Luk 17:2 - It is more profitable for him if a amillstone is put around his neck and he is hurled into the sea than to stumble one of these little ones.
Luk 17:3 - aTake heed to yourselves. If your brother bsins, crebuke him; and if he repents, dforgive him.
Luk 17:4 - And if he sins against you aseven times in a day and turns again to you seven times, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.
Luk 17:5 - And the apostles said to the Lord, 1aIncrease our faith.
Luk 17:6 - But the Lord said, If you have afaith like a bmustard seed, you would have said to this csycamine tree, Be uprooted and be planted in the sea; and it would have obeyed you.
29.  Teaching concerning service17:7-10
Luk 17:7 - But which of you, having a slave who is plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, Come immediately and recline at table?
Luk 17:8 - Will he not rather say to him, Prepare something that I may dine, and agird yourself and serve me until I eat and drink; and after that you will eat and drink?
Luk 17:9 - He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were ordered, does he?
Luk 17:10 - So also you, when you do all the things which are ordered you, say, We are aunprofitable slaves; we have done what we ought to have done.
30.  Cleansing ten lepers17:11-19
Luk 17:11 - And as He was going to aJerusalem, He passed between bSamaria and cGalilee.
Luk 17:12 - And as He entered into a certain village, ten 1aleprous men, who stood at a distance, met Him.
Luk 17:13 - And they raised their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
Luk 17:14 - And when He saw them, He said to them, Go and show yourselves to the apriests. And as they 1went, they were cleansed.
Luk 17:15 - And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, aglorifying God with a loud voice;
Luk 17:16 - And he afell on his face at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a bSamaritan.
Luk 17:17 - And Jesus answered and said, Were not the ten cleansed? But the nine, where are they?
Luk 17:18 - Were none found who returned to agive glory to God except this foreigner?
Luk 17:19 - And He said to him, Rise up and go; your afaith has 1healed you.
31.  Teaching concerning the kingdom of God and the rapture of the overcomers17:20-37
Luk 17:20 - And when He was questioned by the aPharisees as to bwhen the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, The 1ckingdom of God does 2not come with observation;
Luk 17:21 - Nor will they say, Behold, ahere it is! or, There! For behold, the 1kingdom of God is in the midst of 2you.
Luk 17:22 - And He said to the disciples, The adays will come when you will long to see one of the bdays of the Son of Man, and you will 1not see it.
Luk 17:23 - And they will say to you, Behold, there! Behold, here! Do not go away, nor run after them.
Luk 17:24 - For just as 1lightning flashing from one end 2of heaven shines to the other end 2of heaven, so will the Son of Man be in His aday.
Luk 17:25 - But first He must suffer many things and be arejected by this generation.
Luk 17:26 - 1aAnd even as it happened in the 2bdays of Noah, so will it be also in the cdays of the Son of Man:
Luk 17:27 - They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah entered into the aark and the bflood came and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:28 - Likewise, even as it happened in the adays of bLot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;
Luk 17:29 - But on the day in which Lot went out from aSodom, it rained fire and bbrimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:30 - It will be in the same way on the day in which the Son of Man is arevealed.
Luk 17:31 - In that day, he who will be on the ahousetop and his goods in the house, let him 1not come down to take them away; and he who is in the field, likewise, let him not turn back to the things behind.
Luk 17:32 - Remember 1Lot’s wife.
Luk 17:33 - Whoever seeks to 1preserve his asoul-life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it alive.
Luk 17:34 - 1I tell you, In that night there will be atwo on one bed; the one will be 2btaken and the other will be left.
Luk 17:35 - There will be two women agrinding together; the one will be taken but the other will be left.
Luk 17:36 - 1Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Luk 17:37 - And they answered and said to Him, Where, Lord? And He said to them, Where the 1body is, there also will the avultures be gathered together.

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Chapter 18 of 24

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32.  Teaching concerning persistent prayer18:1-8
Luk 18:1 - And He told them a aparable to the end that they ought always to bpray and cnot lose heart,
Luk 18:2 - Saying, There was a certain judge in a certain city who did anot fear God and did not regard man.
Luk 18:3 - And there was a 1widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 2Avenge me of my 3opponent.
Luk 18:4 - And for a time he would not; but afterward he said within himself, Even though I do not fear God nor regard man,
Luk 18:5 - Yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, lest by continually coming she wear me out.
Luk 18:6 - And the Lord said, Hear what the aunrighteous judge says.
Luk 18:7 - And will not God by all means carry out the aavenging of His bchosen ones, who cry to Him cday and night, though He is dlong-suffering over them?
Luk 18:8 - I tell you that He will carry out their avenging quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man 1acomes, will He find 2faith on the earth?
33.  Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God18:9-30
a.  Humbling oneself — vv. 9-14
Luk 18:9 - And 1He told this parable also to certain ones who atrusted in themselves that they were brighteous and despised the rest:
Luk 18:10 - Two men awent up to the temple to pray, the one a bPharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luk 18:11 - The Pharisee astood and prayed these things to himself: God, I thank You that I am 1not like the rest of men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luk 18:12 - I 1afast twice a 2week; I bgive a tenth of all that I get.
Luk 18:13 - But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would anot even lift up his eyes to heaven, but bbeat his breast, saying, God, be 1propitiated to me, the csinner!
Luk 18:14 - I tell you, This man went down to his house ajustified rather than that one; for everyone who exalts himself shall be bhumbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
b.  Being like a little child — vv. 15-17
Luk 18:15 - And they were bringing to Him also their ababies that He might touch them. But when the disciples saw this they brebuked them.
Luk 18:16 - But Jesus called them to Him, saying, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not 1aforbid them, for of such is the 2bkingdom of God.
Luk 18:17 - Truly I say to you, Whoever does not receive the akingdom of God like a 1blittle child shall by no means enter into it.
c.  Renouncing all and following the Man-Savior — vv. 18-30
Luk 18:18 - And a 1certain ruler questioned Him, asaying, Good Teacher, 2what shall I do to binherit ceternal life?
Luk 18:19 - But Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One—God.
Luk 18:20 - You know the commandments: “Do anot commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, bhonor your father and mother.”
Luk 18:21 - And he said, aAll these things I have kept from my youth.
Luk 18:22 - And hearing this, Jesus said to him, Still you lack one thing: all that you have, asell and distribute to the bpoor, and you will have treasure in the cheavens; and come, dfollow Me.
Luk 18:23 - But when he aheard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich.
Luk 18:24 - And Jesus, seeing that he became very sorrowful, said, How difficult it is for those who have ariches to go into the kingdom of God.
Luk 18:25 - For it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a 1needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Luk 18:26 - And those who heard said, 1Then who can be saved?
Luk 18:27 - But He said, The things that are impossible with men are apossible with God.
Luk 18:28 - And Peter said, Behold, we have aleft our own things and have bfollowed You.
Luk 18:29 - And He said to them, Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or abrothers or parents or children 1for the sake of the bkingdom of God,
Luk 18:30 - Who shall not by all means receive back many times as much in 1this time, and in the acoming age, beternal life.
34.  Unveiling His death and resurrection the third time18:31-34
Luk 18:31 - And taking the atwelve aside, He said to them, Behold we are bgoing up to cJerusalem, and all things which have been written through the prophets regarding the Son of Man will be daccomplished,
Luk 18:32 - For He will be 1adelivered up to the Gentiles and will be bmocked and outrageously treated and cspat upon;
Luk 18:33 - And when they have ascourged Him, they will kill Him; and on the bthird day He will rise.
Luk 18:34 - And they understood none of these things, and this saying was ahidden from them, and they did not know what was being said.
35.  Healing a blind man near Jericho18:35-43
Luk 18:35 - And as He 1adrew near to bJericho, a certain cblind man was sitting by the road, begging.
Luk 18:36 - And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this might be.
Luk 18:37 - And they told him that Jesus the aNazarene was passing by.
Luk 18:38 - And he shouted, saying, Jesus, 1aSon of David, have mercy on me!
Luk 18:39 - And those going before arebuked him so that he would be silent, but he cried out much more, Son of David, have mercy on me!
Luk 18:40 - And Jesus, standing still, commanded that he be led to Him. And when he drew near, He questioned him,
Luk 18:41 - 1What do you want Me to ado for you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight!
Luk 18:42 - And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight; your afaith has 1healed you.
Luk 18:43 - And instantly he received his sight and followed Him, aglorifying God. And all the people, seeing it, gave bpraise to God.

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Chapter 19 of 24

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36.  Saving Zaccheus19:1-10
Luk 19:1 - And He entered and was passing through 1aJericho.
Luk 19:2 - And behold, there was a man whose name was called Zaccheus; and he was a chief 1tax collector, and he was rich.
Luk 19:3 - And he was seeking to asee Jesus, who He was, and could not because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
Luk 19:4 - And he ran on ahead and climbed up in a 1asycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
Luk 19:5 - And as He came to the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay in your house.
Luk 19:6 - And he hurried and came down, and received Him, rejoicing.
Luk 19:7 - And when they saw it, they all amurmured, saying, He has gone in to lodge with a sinful man.
Luk 19:8 - And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, the 1half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the apoor, and if I have 2taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore 3four times as much.
Luk 19:9 - And Jesus said to him, Today asalvation has come to this house, because he 1also is a son of bAbraham.
Luk 19:10 - For the Son of Man has come to 1aseek and to save that which is blost.
37.  Teaching concerning faithfulness19:11-27
Luk 19:11 - And as they were listening to these things, He spoke 1further a parable, because He was near aJerusalem and they supposed that the bkingdom of God was to 2appear immediately.
Luk 19:12 - He said therefore, A 1certain man of noble birth 2went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to 3return.
Luk 19:13 - And he called 1aten of his own slaves and gave them ten 2minas, and he said to them, Do business 3until I come.
Luk 19:14 - But his 1acitizens hated him and sent an envoy after him, saying, 2We do not want this man to reign over us.
Luk 19:15 - And when he came back, having received the kingdom, he commanded that those slaves to whom he had given the money should be called to him so that he might know what they had gained by doing business.
Luk 19:16 - And the first appeared, saying, Master, your mina has gained ten minas.
Luk 19:17 - And he said to him, Well done, good slave. Because you have become afaithful in the least, 1have authority bover ten cities.
Luk 19:18 - And the second came, saying, Your mina, master, has made five minas.
Luk 19:19 - And he said to this one as well, And you, be over 1five cities.
Luk 19:20 - 1And the other came, saying, Master, behold your mina, which I 2kept laid away in a ahandkerchief;
Luk 19:21 - For I was afraid of you, because you are a 1harsh man: you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did anot sow.
Luk 19:22 - He said to him, Out of your mouth I will 1judge you, awicked slave. You knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
Luk 19:23 - Why then did you not put my money 1in the bank, and when I came, I would have collected it with interest?
Luk 19:24 - And to those standing by he said, Take the mina away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.
Luk 19:25 - And they said to him, Master, he has ten minas.
Luk 19:26 - I tell you that to everyone who ahas, more shall be given, but from him who does not have, even that which he has shall be taken away.
Luk 19:27 - However, these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and 1aslay them before me.

IV.  The Man-Savior's presentation of Himself to death for redemption19:28-22:46

A.  Entering into Jerusalem triumphantly19:28-40
Luk 19:28 - And having said these things, He went on before them, 1going up to aJerusalem.
Luk 19:29 - 1And as He drew near to aBethphage and bBethany, near the cmount which is called Olivet, He dsent two of the disciples,
Luk 19:30 - Saying, Go into the village opposite you, in which, as you are entering, you will find a colt tied, on which ano man has ever yet sat; untie it and lead it here.
Luk 19:31 - And if anyone asks you, Why are you untying it? thus shall you say, Because the Lord has need of it.
Luk 19:32 - And those who were sent went away and afound it even as He had told them.
Luk 19:33 - And as they were untying the acolt, its masters said to them, Why are you untying the colt?
Luk 19:34 - And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.
Luk 19:35 - And they brought it to Jesus. And when they had thrown their garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it.
Luk 19:36 - And as He went, they 1spread their own agarments in the road.
Luk 19:37 - And as He was already drawing near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and apraise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had bseen,
Luk 19:38 - Saying, Blessed is the aKing who comes in the bname of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the chighest!
Luk 19:39 - And some of the Pharisees from the crowd asaid to Him, Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.
Luk 19:40 - And He answered and said, I tell you, If these shall be silent, the astones will cry out.
B.  Lamenting over Jerusalem19:41-44
Luk 19:41 - And as He drew near, He saw the city and awept over it,
Luk 19:42 - Saying, If you knew in this day, even you, the athings that are for your 1peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
Luk 19:43 - For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a arampart before you, and will bencircle you, and will press you in on every side,
Luk 19:44 - And they will 1level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave a astone upon a stone in you, because you did not know the time of your 2bvisitation.
C.  Cleansing the temple and teaching in it19:45-48
Luk 19:45 - And He aentered into the temple and began to cast out those who were selling,
Luk 19:46 - Saying to them, It is written, “And My ahouse shall be a house of prayer,” but you have made it a den of brobbers.
Luk 19:47 - And He ataught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the leaders of the people sought to bdestroy Him;
Luk 19:48 - Yet they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging upon Him, listening.

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Chapter 20 of 24

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D.  Passing through the final examinations20:1-21:4
1.  Of the chief priests, scribes, and elders20:1-19
Luk 20:1 - And on one of the days, as 1He was ateaching the people in the btemple and announcing the good news, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders ccame upon Him,
Luk 20:2 - And spoke, saying to Him, Tell us by what aauthority You do these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?
Luk 20:3 - And He answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, and you tell Me:
Luk 20:4 - The abaptism of John, was it from bheaven or from men?
Luk 20:5 - And they reasoned together among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why did you anot believe him?
Luk 20:6 - But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are persuaded that John was a aprophet.
Luk 20:7 - And they answered that they did not know where it was from.
Luk 20:8 - And Jesus said to them, 1Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Luk 20:9 - 1And He began to speak to the people this aparable: A certain man bplanted a cvineyard and leased it out to dvinedressers and went eabroad for a considerable time.
Luk 20:10 - And at the proper time he asent a slave to the vinedressers so that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the vinedressers bbeat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Luk 20:11 - And he went on to send another slave, but they beat that one also, and dishonored him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Luk 20:12 - And he went on to send a third, but that one also they wounded and threw out.
Luk 20:13 - And the master of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son, the abeloved; they will 1probably respect this one.
Luk 20:14 - But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, This is the aheir; let us kill him that the inheritance may become ours.
Luk 20:15 - And they threw him aout of the vineyard and bkilled him. What then will the master of the vineyard do to them?
Luk 20:16 - He will come and adestroy these vinedressers and will give the vineyard to bothers. And when they heard this, they said, May it never happen!
Luk 20:17 - But He looked at them, and said, What then is this that is written, a“The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner”?
Luk 20:18 - Everyone who falls on that astone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and scatter him like bchaff.
Luk 20:19 - And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him in that hour; yet they feared the people, for they perceived that it was with them in view that He spoke this parable.
2.  Of the Pharisees and Herodians20:20-26
Luk 20:20 - 1And they awatched Him closely and bsent spies who cfeigned themselves to be righteous, in order that they might lay hold on some dword of His, so as to edeliver Him up to the rule and authority of the fgovernor.
Luk 20:21 - And they questioned Him, saying, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, 1and do not accept man’s aperson, but teach the bway of God in truth.
Luk 20:22 - Is it lawful for us to pay ataxes to bCaesar, or not?
Luk 20:23 - But He perceived their acraftiness and said to them,
Luk 20:24 - Show Me a adenarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? And they said, Caesar’s.
Luk 20:25 - And He said to them, Therefore arender the things that are Caesar’s to Caesar, and the things that are God’s to God.
Luk 20:26 - And they were not able to lay hold of a asaying of His in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they kept silent.
3.  Of the Sadducees20:27-38
Luk 20:27 - 1And some of the aSadducees, who say there is no bresurrection, came to Him and cquestioned Him,
Luk 20:28 - Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If anyone’s brother has a awife and dies, and this one is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
Luk 20:29 - There were then seven brothers. And the first took a wife and died childless;
Luk 20:30 - And the second1;
Luk 20:31 - And the third took her; and similarly the seven also did not leave children and died.
Luk 20:32 - Finally the woman also died.
Luk 20:33 - In the resurrection, therefore, which one’s wife does the woman become? For the seven had her as wife.
Luk 20:34 - And Jesus said to them, The asons of this age bmarry and are given in marriage,
Luk 20:35 - But those who are counted aworthy to obtain that 1age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage;
Luk 20:36 - For neither can they adie anymore, for they are equal to bangels, and they are csons of God, being sons of the dresurrection.
Luk 20:37 - But that the dead are raised, even Moses disclosed in the section concerning the abush, when he calls the Lord the God of bAbraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
Luk 20:38 - Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are aliving.
4.  Muzzling all the examiners20:39-44
Luk 20:39 - And some of the scribes answered and said, Teacher, You have spoken awell.
Luk 20:40 - For they 1ano longer dared to question Him about anything.
Luk 20:41 - 1And He asaid to them, How is it that they say that the Christ is bDavid’s son?
Luk 20:42 - For David himself says in the book of Psalms, a“The Lord said to my Lord, bSit at My right hand,
Luk 20:43 - Until I set Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”
Luk 20:44 - David therefore calls Him Lord, and how is He ahis 1son?
5.  Warning against the scribes20:45-47
Luk 20:45 - And as all the people were listening, He asaid to His disciples,
Luk 20:46 - 1Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love agreetings in the bmarketplaces and chief seats in the synagogues and cplaces of honor at the dinners,
Luk 20:47 - Who devour widows’ houses, and for a 1pretense make long prayers. These shall receive agreater 2judgment.

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Chapter 21 of 24

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6.  Praising the poor widow21:1-4
Luk 21:1 - And He looked up and 1saw the arich bcasting their 2gifts into the ctreasury.
Luk 21:2 - And He saw a certain 1impoverished widow casting there two alepta.
Luk 21:3 - And He said, Truly I tell you that this apoor widow has cast in more than all of them,
Luk 21:4 - For all these out of their surplus have cast in something into the gifts, but she out of her lack has cast in all the aliving that she had.
E.  Preparing the disciples for His death21:5-22:46
1.  Telling them of things to come21:5-36
a.  The destruction of the temple — vv. 5-6
Luk 21:5 - 1And as some were speaking about the atemple, that it was adorned with 2beautiful stones and 3consecrated offerings, He said,
Luk 21:6 - As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left a astone upon a stone which will not be thrown down.
b.  The plagues between His ascension and the great tribulation — vv. 7-11
Luk 21:7 - And they questioned Him, saying, Teacher, when therefore will these things be? And what will be the sign awhen these things are about to take place?
Luk 21:8 - And He said, aSee that you are not led astray, for many will come in My bname, saying, I am the Christ! and, The time has drawn near! Do not go after them.
Luk 21:9 - And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified, for these things must take place first; but the end does not come immediately.
Luk 21:10 - Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
Luk 21:11 - And there will be great aearthquakes, and in various places bfamines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great csigns from heaven.
c.  The persecution of His disciples in the church age — vv. 12-19
Luk 21:12 - But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, adelivering you up to the synagogues and bprisons, cbringing you before dkings and governors for the sake of My name.
Luk 21:13 - It will turn out to you for a testimony.
Luk 21:14 - Settle it therefore in your hearts not to atake thought beforehand how to reply in defense,
Luk 21:15 - For I will give you a amouth and wisdom which all those opposing you will not be able to bresist or refute.
Luk 21:16 - And you will be 1delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
Luk 21:17 - And you will be ahated by all because of My name,
Luk 21:18 - Yet a ahair of your head shall by no means perish.
Luk 21:19 - In your aendurance you will 1possess your souls.
d.  The great tribulation and His coming — vv. 20-27
Luk 21:20 - 1But when you asee Jerusalem bsurrounded by armies, then know that her desolation has drawn near.
Luk 21:21 - Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those in her midst get out, and let not those in the country enter into her,
Luk 21:22 - Because these are days of avengeance, that all the things written may be fulfilled.
Luk 21:23 - Woe to those who are apregnant and to those nursing babies in those days, for there will be great 1distress upon the land and bwrath to this people.
Luk 21:24 - And they will fall by the edge of the sword and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be atrampled by the 1Gentiles until the times of the 1Gentiles are bfulfilled.
Luk 21:25 - And there will be signs in the asun and moon and stars, and upon the earth anguish of nations in perplexity at the broaring of the sea and the billows,
Luk 21:26 - Men 1fainting from fear and expectation of the things coming upon the 2inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be ashaken.
Luk 21:27 - And then they will see the aSon of Man bcoming in a cloud with power and great cglory.
e.  The disciples' redemption and the overcomers' rapture — vv. 28-36
Luk 21:28 - And when these things begin to happen, stand erect and lift up your heads, because your aredemption is drawing near.
Luk 21:29 - 1And He told them a parable: Look at the afig tree and all the trees.
Luk 21:30 - As soon as they sprout leaves, you see it and know of yourselves that the summer is already near.
Luk 21:31 - So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Luk 21:32 - Truly I tell you that athis generation shall by no means pass away until all things happen.
Luk 21:33 - Heaven and earth shall apass away, but My bwords shall by no means pass away.
Luk 21:34 - But atake heed to yourselves lest perhaps your hearts be weighed down with 1debauchery and bdrunkenness and the canxieties of life, and that day come upon you 2suddenly as a dsnare.
Luk 21:35 - For it will come in upon all those 1adwelling on the face of all the earth.
Luk 21:36 - But be awatchful at every time, bbeseeching that you would 1prevail to 2escape 3all these things which are about to happen and 4cstand before the Son of Man.
2.  Teaching daily in the temple21:37-38
Luk 21:37 - Now during the day He was in the temple ateaching, but during the night He bwent out and stayed on the mountain called cOlivet.
Luk 21:38 - And all the people would come early in the amorning to Him in the temple to hear Him.

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Chapter 22 of 24

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3.  His opposers conspiring to kill Him and a false disciple plotting to betray Him22:1-6
Luk 22:1 - 1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the aPassover, was drawing bnear.
Luk 22:2 - And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to ado away with Him, for they bfeared the people.
Luk 22:3 - And aSatan entered into bJudas who was called cIscariot and was of the number of the twelve.
Luk 22:4 - And he went away and conferred with the chief priests and aofficers as to how he might deliver Him up to them.
Luk 22:5 - And they rejoiced and promised to give him 1amoney.
Luk 22:6 - And he consented and sought opportunity to adeliver Him up to them apart from the crowd.
4.  Instituting His supper that the disciples might participate in His death22:7-23
Luk 22:7 - And the day of 1Unleavened Bread came, on which the apassover had to be 2sacrificed.
Luk 22:8 - And He sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, so that we may eat it.
Luk 22:9 - And they said to Him, Where do You want us to prepare it?
Luk 22:10 - And He told them, Behold, as you are entering into the city, a man carrying an earthen jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.
Luk 22:11 - And you shall say to the master of the house, The aTeacher says to you, Where is the guest room where I may eat the passover with My disciples?
Luk 22:12 - And that one will show you a large aupper room furnished; prepare there.
Luk 22:13 - And they left and afound it even as He had told them, and they prepared the passover.
Luk 22:14 - And when the hour came, He areclined at table, and the apostles with Him.
Luk 22:15 - And He said to them, With desire I have desired to 1eat this passover with you before I suffer,
Luk 22:16 - For I tell you that I shall by no means eat it until 1it is fulfilled in the akingdom of God.
Luk 22:17 - And He received a cup and gave athanks and said, Take this and divide it among yourselves;
Luk 22:18 - For I tell you, I shall by no means drink from now on of the 1product of the vine until the akingdom of God comes.
Luk 22:19 - 1And He took a aloaf and gave thanks, and He broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is My bbody which is being given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.
Luk 22:20 - And similarly the cup after they had dined, saying, This cup is the anew covenant established in My bblood, which is being poured out for you.
Luk 22:21 - But behold, the ahand of the 1one bbetraying Me is cwith Me at the table.
Luk 22:22 - For the Son of Man is going according to what has been adetermined, but woe to that man through whom He is betrayed!
Luk 22:23 - And they began to discuss among themselves who then of them it was who was about to do this.
5.  Teaching the disciples concerning humility and foretelling what will happen to them22:24-38
Luk 22:24 - 1And a 2contention 1also occurred among them as to which of them seemed to be agreatest.
Luk 22:25 - And He asaid to them, The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.
Luk 22:26 - But you shall not be so; but let the agreatest among you become like the youngest, and the one who bleads like the one who 1serves.
Luk 22:27 - For who is greater, the one who reclines at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am in your midst as the one who aserves.
Luk 22:28 - But you are those who have remained with Me throughout My atrials.
Luk 22:29 - And I 1appoint to you, even as My Father has 1appointed to Me, a akingdom,
Luk 22:30 - That you may eat and drink at My 1table in My akingdom; and you will sit on bthrones cjudging the twelve dtribes of Israel.
Luk 22:31 - 1Simon, Simon, behold, aSatan has asked to have you all to bsift you as wheat.
Luk 22:32 - But I have amade petition concerning you that your faith would not fail; and you, once you have turned again, bestablish your brothers.
Luk 22:33 - And he said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go with You both to aprison and to bdeath.
Luk 22:34 - But He said, I tell you, Peter, a arooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know Me.
Luk 22:35 - And He said to them, When I sent you awithout purse and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you? And they said, Nothing.
Luk 22:36 - And He said to them, But now, let him who has a purse take it, likewise also a bag; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and 1buy one.
Luk 22:37 - For I tell you that this which is written must be accomplished in Me, “And He was acounted with the lawless.” For indeed that which concerns Me has its 1bfulfillment.
Luk 22:38 - And they said, Lord, behold, here are two aswords. And He said to them, It is 1enough.
6.  Praying concerning the sufferings of His death and charging the disciples to pray22:39-46
Luk 22:39 - And He came out and went according to His custom to the aMount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him.
Luk 22:40 - And when He came to the 1aplace, He bsaid to them, cPray that you do not enter into temptation.
Luk 22:41 - And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He aknelt down and bprayed,
Luk 22:42 - Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this 1acup from Me; yet, not My bwill, but 2Yours be done.
Luk 22:43 - 1And an aangel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.
Luk 22:44 - And being in aagony He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
Luk 22:45 - And when He rose up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping from 1sorrow,
Luk 22:46 - And He said to them, Why are you sleeping? Rise up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.

V.  The death of the Man-Savior22:47-23:56

A.  Arrested22:47-65
Luk 22:47 - aWhile He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and he who is called bJudas, one of the twelve, was going before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him.
Luk 22:48 - But Jesus said to him, Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?
Luk 22:49 - And those around Him, seeing what would happen, said, Lord, shall we strike with the asword?
Luk 22:50 - And a certain one of them struck the slave of the high priest and took off his right aear.
Luk 22:51 - But Jesus answered and said, 1Let them go this far. And touching his ear, He healed him.
Luk 22:52 - And Jesus said to the chief priests and aofficers of the temple and elders who had come up against Him, Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs?
Luk 22:53 - While I was with you day by day in the 1atemple, you did not stretch out your hands against Me. But this is your bhour and the cauthority of darkness.
Luk 22:54a - And having arrested Him, they aled Him away, and brought Him into the house of the high priest.
(Denied by Peter — vv. 54b-62)
Luk 22:54b - But Peter bfollowed at a distance.
Luk 22:55 - And when they had lit a fire in the middle of the acourtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
Luk 22:56 - And a certain servant girl, seeing him seated in the light of the fire, looked intently at him and said, This man was with Him too.
Luk 22:57 - But he denied it, saying, I do not know Him, woman.
Luk 22:58 - And after a short time, another person, seeing him, said, You also are one of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not!
Luk 22:59 - And after about one hour had passed, 1another one insisted, saying, Surely this man was also with Him, for he is also a aGalilean.
Luk 22:60 - But Peter said, Man, I do not know what you are saying. And instantly, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
Luk 22:61 - And the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, Before a arooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.
Luk 22:62 - And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Luk 22:63 - And the men who were holding Him mocked Him and abeat Him.
Luk 22:64 - And they blindfolded Him and questioned Him, saying, 1Prophesy! aWho is the one who hit You?
Luk 22:65 - And they said many other things against Him, ablaspheming.
B.  Judged22:66-23:25
1.  By the Jewish Sanhedrin22:66-71
Luk 22:66 - And when it became day, the assembly of the elders of the people, both achief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and they led Him away to their 1Sanhedrin, saying,
Luk 22:67 - aIf You are the bChrist, tell us. But He said to them, If I tell you, you shall by no means believe;
Luk 22:68 - And if I ask you, you shall by no means answer.
Luk 22:69 - But from now on the 1Son of Man will be seated at the aright hand of the power of God.
Luk 22:70 - And they all said, Are You then the 1Son of God? And He said to them, aYou say rightly that I am.
Luk 22:71 - And they said, What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His mouth.

Luke

Chapter 23 of 24

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2.  By the Roman rulers23:1-25
Luk 23:1 - And the entire multitude of them rose up and aled Him before 1Pilate.
Luk 23:2 - And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this man 1perverting our nation and forbidding people to apay taxes to bCaesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a cKing.
Luk 23:3 - And Pilate aasked Him, saying, Are You the bKing of the Jews? And answering him, He said, 1It is as you csay.
Luk 23:4 - And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find ano fault in this man.
Luk 23:5 - But they were vehement, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea, beginning from 1aGalilee even to 1this place.
Luk 23:6 - And when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a aGalilean.
Luk 23:7 - And when he realized that He was of aHerod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him up to Herod, who also himself was in Jerusalem in those days.
Luk 23:8 - And when Herod saw Jesus, he rejoiced greatly, for he had wanted to asee Him for a considerable time, because he had bheard about Him, and was hoping to see some csign done by Him.
Luk 23:9 - And he questioned Him with 1many words, but He answered him 2nothing.
Luk 23:10 - And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing Him.
Luk 23:11 - And Herod with his soldiers, having adespised Him and bmocked Him, cthrew around Him splendid clothing and sent Him back to Pilate.
Luk 23:12 - And both aHerod and Pilate became friends with one another on that very day, for they had previously been at enmity toward each other.
Luk 23:13 - And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the arulers and the people,
Luk 23:14 - Said to them, You have brought this man to me as one who 1aturns the people away, and behold, I have examined Him before you and found bno fault in this man regarding the accusations you bring against Him.
Luk 23:15 - No, neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us, and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.
Luk 23:16 - I will therefore adiscipline Him and brelease Him.
Luk 23:17 - 1aNow he was obliged to release to them one prisoner at the feast.
Luk 23:18 - But they cried out all together, saying, Take this man aaway and brelease to us Barabbas.
Luk 23:19 - He was one who, for a certain ainsurrection that occurred in the city and for murder, had been thrown into the prison.
Luk 23:20 - But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again;
Luk 23:21 - But they continued to shout, saying, Crucify, crucify Him!
Luk 23:22 - But he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has this man adone? I have found bno cause of death in Him; I will therefore cdiscipline Him and release Him.
Luk 23:23 - But they pressed him with loud voices, asking that He be 1acrucified, and their voices prevailed.
Luk 23:24 - And Pilate 1gave sentence that their request be carried out,
Luk 23:25 - And he released him who had been thrown into prison for ainsurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he bdelivered up to their will.
C.  Crucified23:26-49
1.  Suffering the persecution of men — vv. 26-43
Luk 23:26 - And as they led Him away, they laid hold of 1aSimon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the country, and they placed the cross upon him to carry it behind Jesus.
Luk 23:27 - And a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him followed Him.
Luk 23:28 - But Jesus turned to them and said, 1aDaughters of bJerusalem, do not weep over Me, but weep over yourselves and over your children.
Luk 23:29 - For behold, the adays are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have not borne, and the breasts which have not bnourished.
Luk 23:30 - Then they will begin to say to the amountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover us!
Luk 23:31 - For if they do these things with the 1tree full of sap, what will happen with the one that is adry?
Luk 23:32 - And atwo others also, who were criminals, were led with Him to be executed.
Luk 23:33 - And when they came to the place called The 1aSkull, there they bcrucified Him and the ccriminals, one on the right and one on the left.
Luk 23:34 - And Jesus said, Father, aforgive them, for they do bnot know what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they cast clots.
Luk 23:35 - And the people stood by, alooking on. And the brulers also csneered, saying, He dsaved others; let Him save eHimself if this is the fChrist of God, the gChosen One!
Luk 23:36 - And the soldiers also amocked Him, coming to Him and offering Him 1bvinegar,
Luk 23:37 - And saying, If You are the aKing of the Jews, save Yourself!
Luk 23:38 - And there was also an inscription over Him1: THIS IS THE aKING OF THE JEWS.
Luk 23:39 - And one of the criminals who were hanged there ablasphemed Him, saying, Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!
Luk 23:40 - But the other, answering, rebuked him and said, Do you not even fear God, since you are in the same 1judgment?
Luk 23:41 - And we justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing 1amiss.
Luk 23:42 - 1And he said, Jesus, remember me when You acome into Your kingdom.
Luk 23:43 - And He said to him, 1Truly I say to you, Today you shall be with Me in 2Paradise.
2.  Suffering the judgment of God for sinners to accomplish a vicarious death for them — vv. 44-49
Luk 23:44 - And it was now about the 1asixth hour, and bdarkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,
Luk 23:45 - 1The sun’s light failing; and the 2aveil of the temple was split down the middle.
Luk 23:46 - And crying with a aloud voice, Jesus said, Father, into Your hands 1I bcommit My spirit. And saying this, He expired.
Luk 23:47 - Now when the acenturion saw what had happened, he bglorified God, saying, Certainly this man was crighteous.
Luk 23:48 - And all the crowds who came together at this spectacle, when they beheld the things that happened, returned, beating their abreasts.
Luk 23:49 - And all those who aknew Him, and the bwomen who accompanied Him from Galilee, stood at a cdistance, observing these things.
D.  Buried23:50-56
Luk 23:50 - And behold, there was a man named 1aJoseph, who was a member of the Council, and a good and righteous man
Luk 23:51 - (This man had not consented to their counsel and action), from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was aexpecting the kingdom of God.
Luk 23:52 - This man came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Luk 23:53 - And he took it down and wrapped it in a fine linen cloth, and 1laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where ano one had ever lain.
Luk 23:54 - And it was the day of 1preparation, and the Sabbath was 2coming on.
Luk 23:55 - And the women who had come together with Him out of Galilee followed after and beheld the tomb and how His body was laid.
Luk 23:56 - And they returned and prepared aspices and bointment. And on the cSabbath they 1rested according to the commandment.

Luke

Chapter 24 of 24

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VI.  The resurrection of the Man-Savior24:1-49

A.  Discovered by the women — vv. 1-11
Luk 24:1 - Now aon the 1first day of the week, at early dawn, 2they 3came to the tomb, bringing the bspices which they had prepared.
Luk 24:2 - And they found the astone rolled away from the tomb;
Luk 24:3 - But when they entered, they did anot find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Luk 24:4 - And while they stood perplexed about this, behold, atwo bmen stood by them in 1cdazzling clothing.
Luk 24:5 - And they became afrightened and bowed their faces to the ground, and the men said to them, Why are you seeking the bliving One among the dead?
Luk 24:6 - He is not here but has been 1raised. Remember how He aspoke to you while He was still in bGalilee,
Luk 24:7 - Saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the athird day rise up.
Luk 24:8 - And they aremembered His words.
Luk 24:9 - And returning from the tomb, they areported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Luk 24:10 - Now they were aMary the Magdalene and bJoanna and 1Mary the mother of James and the rest of the women with them, who told these things to the apostles.
Luk 24:11 - And these words appeared 1to them as 2nonsense, and they did anot believe them.
B.  Investigated and confirmed by Peterv. 12
Luk 24:12 - But aPeter rose up and ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he saw the blinen cloths alone, and he went away to his own home, marveling at what had happened.
C.  Appearing to two disciples — vv. 13-35
Luk 24:13 - And behold, atwo of them were going on the same day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty 1stadia away from Jerusalem.
Luk 24:14 - And they were talking to each other concerning all these things which had occurred.
Luk 24:15 - And while they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself drew near and 1went with them.
Luk 24:16 - But their eyes were akept from recognizing Him.
Luk 24:17 - And He said to them, What are these words which you are exchanging with one another while you are walking? And they stood still, looking sad.
Luk 24:18 - And one of them, Cleopas by name, answered and said to Him, Do You alone dwell as a stranger in Jerusalem and not know the things which have taken place in it in these days?
Luk 24:19 - And He said to them, What things? And they 1said to Him, The things concerning Jesus the aNazarene, who was a 2bProphet cpowerful in work and word before God and all the people;
Luk 24:20 - And how the chief priests and our arulers bdelivered Him up to the csentence of death and dcrucified Him.
Luk 24:21 - But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to aredeem Israel. Indeed, besides all these things, it is now going on the third day since these things took place.
Luk 24:22 - But moreover some awomen from among us amazed us. Being at the tomb early
Luk 24:23 - And anot finding His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of bangels, who said that He is cliving.
Luk 24:24 - And some of those with us went to the atomb and found it even as the women also said, but they did not see Him.
Luk 24:25 - And He said to them, O 1afoolish and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luk 24:26 - Was it not necessary for the Christ to asuffer these things and 1enter into His bglory?
Luk 24:27 - And beginning from aMoses and from all the bprophets, He explained to them clearly in 1all the cScriptures the things concerning dHimself.
Luk 24:28 - And they drew near to the village where they were going, and He acted as though He would go farther.
Luk 24:29 - And they constrained Him, saying, Stay with us, because it is near evening and the day is already gone by. And He went in to astay with them.
Luk 24:30 - And as He reclined at table with them, He took the loaf and ablessed it, and having broken it, He began handing it to them.
Luk 24:31 - And their eyes were 1opened, and they recognized Him; and 2He disappeared from them.
Luk 24:32 - And they said to one another, Was not our heart burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was opening to us the aScriptures?
Luk 24:33 - And they rose up that very hour and returned to 1Jerusalem, and they found the aeleven and those with them assembled together,
Luk 24:34 - Saying, The Lord really has been raised and has aappeared to Simon.
Luk 24:35 - And they related the things that occurred on the road, and how He was made aknown to them in the breaking of the bread.
D.  Appearing to the apostles and those with them and commissioning them — vv. 36-49
Luk 24:36 - And as they were speaking these things, He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, aPeace to you.
Luk 24:37 - But they were terrified and became afrightened and thought they beheld a 1spirit.
Luk 24:38 - And He said to them, Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your heart?
Luk 24:39 - See My ahands and My feet, that it is I Myself. bTouch Me and see, for a spirit does not have 1flesh and bones as you behold Me having.
Luk 24:40 - And when He had said this, He ashowed them His hands and His feet.
Luk 24:41 - And while they still 1did not believe for ajoy and were marveling, He said to them, Do you have anything here to beat?
Luk 24:42 - And they handed Him a piece of broiled afish;
Luk 24:43 - And He took it and aate before them.
Luk 24:44 - And He said to them, These are My words which I aspoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things written in the 1Law of bMoses and the Prophets and Psalms concerning Me must be fulfilled.
Luk 24:45 - Then He 1aopened their mind to understand the Scriptures;
Luk 24:46 - And He said to them, Thus it is awritten, that the Christ would bsuffer and rise up from the dead on the cthird day,
Luk 24:47 - And that repentance for 1aforgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His bname to all the cnations, beginning from dJerusalem.
Luk 24:48 - You are awitnesses of these things.
Luk 24:49 - And behold, I send forth the 1apromise of My Father upon you; but as for you, 2stay in the city until you 3put on bpower from on chigh.

VII.  The ascension of the Man-Savior24:50-53

Luk 24:50 - And He led them out as far as 1aBethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
Luk 24:51 - And while He blessed them, He parted from them and was 1carried up into aheaven.
Luk 24:52 - And they aworshipped Him and returned to bJerusalem with great cjoy,
Luk 24:53 - And were continually in the atemple, bblessing God. 1
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