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The Gospel According to Luke

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I.  Introduction—1:1-4II.  The preparation of the Man-Savior in His humanity with His divinity—1:5-4:13A.  His forerunner's conception—1:5-25B.  His conception—1:26-56C.  His forerunner's birth and youth—1:57-80D.  His birth—2:1-20E.  His youth—2:21-52
1.  Circumcised and named—v. 21
2.  Presented and adored—vv. 22-39
3.  Growing and advancing—vv. 40-52
F.  His inauguration—3:1-4:13
1.  Introduced—3:1-20
2.  Baptized—3:21
3.  Anointed—3:22
4.  His status—3:23-38
5.  His test—4:1-13
III.  The ministry of the Man-Savior in His human virtues with His divine attributes—4:14-19:27A.  In Galilee—4:14-9:50
1.  Proclaiming the jubilee of grace—4:14-30
2.  Carrying out His fourfold commission—teaching, casting out demons, healing, and preaching—4:31-44
3.  Attracting the occupied—5:1-11
4.  Cleansing the contaminated—5:12-16
5.  Healing the paralytic—5:17-26
6.  Calling the despised—5:27-39
7.  Breaking the deformed sabbatical regulation for people's satisfaction and liberation—6:1-11
8.  Appointing twelve apostles—6:12-16
9.  Teaching His disciples the highest morality—6:17-49
10.  Curing the dying one—7:1-10
11.  Showing pity to the weeping widow by raising up her only son—7:11-17
12.  Strengthening His forerunner—7:18-35
13.  Forgiving sinners—7:36-50
14.  Ministered to by women—8:1-3
15.  Teaching with parables—8:4-18
16.  Identifying His real relatives—8:19-21
17.  Quelling the storm—8:22-25
18.  Casting out a legion of demons—8:26-39
19.  Healing a woman with a flow of blood and raising up a dead girl—8:40-56
20.  Sending the twelve apostles to spread His ministry—9:1-9
21.  Feeding the five thousand—9:10-17
22.  Recognized as the Christ—9:18-21
23.  Unveiling His death and resurrection the first time—9:22-26
24.  Transfigured on the mount—9:27-36
25.  Casting a demon out of a man's son—9:37-43a
26.  Unveiling His death the second time—9:43b-45
27.  Teaching concerning humility and tolerance—9:46-50
B.  From Galilee to Jerusalem—9:51-19:27
1.  Rejected by the Samaritans—9:51-56
2.  Instructing people how to follow Him—9:57-62
3.  Appointing seventy disciples to spread His ministry—10:1-24
4.  Portraying Himself as the good Samaritan with the highest morality—10:25-37
5.  Received by Martha—10:38-42
6.  Teaching concerning prayer—11:1-13
7.  Rejected by the evil generation—11:14-32
8.  Warning not to remain in darkness—11:33-36
9.  Rebuking the Pharisees and lawyers—11:37-54
10.  Warning to beware of the Pharisees' hypocrisy and concerning the denial of the Man-Savior—12:1-12
11.  Warning not to be covetous—12:13-34
12.  Teaching to be watchful and faithful—12:35-48
13.  Longing to be released through His death—12:49-53
14.  Teaching concerning the discernment of time—12:54-59
15.  Teaching concerning repentance—13:1-9
16.  Healing a bent-double woman on the Sabbath—13:10-17
17.  Teaching concerning the kingdom of God as a grain of mustard and as leaven—13:18-21
18.  Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God—13:22-30
19.  Journeying uninterruptedly toward Jerusalem—13:31-35
20.  Healing a man of dropsy on the Sabbath—14:1-6
21.  Teaching the invited and the inviting one—14:7-14
22.  Teaching concerning the acceptance of God's invitation—14:15-24
23.  Teaching how to follow the Man-Savior—14:25-35
24.  Unveiling the saving love of the Triune God toward sinners—15:1-32
a.  By the parable of a shepherd seeking a sheep—vv. 1-7b.  By the parable of a woman seeking a coin—vv. 8-10c.  By the parable of a father receiving his son—vv. 11-32
25.  Teaching to be prudent stewards—16:1-13
26.  Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God—16:14-18
27.  Warning the rich—16:19-31
28.  Teaching concerning stumbling, forgiveness, and faith—17:1-6
29.  Teaching concerning service—17:7-10
30.  Cleansing ten lepers—17:11-19
31.  Teaching concerning the kingdom of God and the rapture of the overcomers—17:20-37
32.  Teaching concerning persistent prayer—18:1-8
33.  Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God—18:9-30
a.  Humbling oneself—vv. 9-14b.  Being like a little child—vv. 15-17c.  Renouncing all and following the Man-Savior—vv. 18-30
34.  Unveiling His death and resurrection the third time—18:31-34
35.  Healing a blind man near Jericho—18:35-43
36.  Saving Zaccheus—19:1-10
37.  Teaching concerning faithfulness—19:11-27
IV.  The Man-Savior's presentation of Himself to death for redemption—19:28-22:46A.  Entering into Jerusalem triumphantly—19:28-40B.  Lamenting over Jerusalem—19:41-44C.  Cleansing the temple and teaching in it—19:45-48D.  Passing through the final examinations—20:1-21:4
1.  Of the chief priests, scribes, and elders—20:1-19
2.  Of the Pharisees and Herodians—20:20-26
3.  Of the Sadducees—20:27-38
4.  Muzzling all the examiners—20:39-44
5.  Warning against the scribes—20:45-47
6.  Praising the poor widow—21:1-4
E.  Preparing the disciples for His death—21:5-22:46
1.  Telling them of things to come—21:5-36
a.  The destruction of the temple—vv. 5-6b.  The plagues between His ascension and the great tribulation—vv. 7-11c.  The persecution of His disciples in the church age—vv. 12-19d.  The great tribulation and His coming—vv. 20-27e.  The disciples' redemption and the overcomers' rapture—vv. 28-36
2.  Teaching daily in the temple—21:37-38
3.  His opposers conspiring to kill Him and a false disciple plotting to betray Him—22:1-6
4.  Instituting His supper that the disciples might participate in His death—22:7-23
5.  Teaching the disciples concerning humility and foretelling what will happen to them—22:24-38
6.  Praying concerning the sufferings of His death and charging the disciples to pray—22:39-46
V.  The death of the Man-Savior—22:47-23:56A.  Arrested—22:47-65(Denied by Peter—vv. 54b-62)B.  Judged—22:66-23:25
1.  By the Jewish Sanhedrin—22:66-71
2.  By the Roman rulers—23:1-25
C.  Crucified—23:26-49
1.  Suffering the persecution of men—vv. 26-43
2.  Suffering the judgment of God for sinners to accomplish a vicarious death for them—vv. 44-49
D.  Buried—23:50-56VI.  The resurrection of the Man-Savior—24:1-49A.  Discovered by the women—vv. 1-11B.  Investigated and confirmed by Peter—v. 12C.  Appearing to two disciples—vv. 13-35D.  Appearing to the apostles and those with them and commissioning them—vv. 36-49VII.  The ascension of the Man-Savior—24:50-53Outline of Luke
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