But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son? For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,“‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstool.”’David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?” And in the hearing of allContinue reading “Luke 20: 41-47….A call to think clearly!”
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Luke 20: 27-40….They wouldn’t give up!
There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were sevenContinue reading “Luke 20: 27-40….They wouldn’t give up!”
Luke 20: 19-26…A trap set…
The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so asContinue reading “Luke 20: 19-26…A trap set…”
Luke 20: 1-18 Accusations fly…..
One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” He answered them, “I also will askContinue reading “Luke 20: 1-18 Accusations fly…..”
Luke 19:41-47…. On reaching the city.
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around youContinue reading “Luke 19:41-47…. On reaching the city.”
Luke 19: 28-40… Palm Sunday
As we come to Easter I want to look at what is called the ‘Passion week’. I cannot look at Luke’s passages on this ‘Passion week’ in just the five days of that week, so I am starting early, trusting that I will get to the Easter story on the correct day. And when heContinue reading “Luke 19: 28-40… Palm Sunday”
Luke 12: 22-34… It sounds too good to be true!
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse norContinue reading “Luke 12: 22-34… It sounds too good to be true!”
Luke 13: 13-21…A Family Squabble.
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in theContinue reading “Luke 13: 13-21…A Family Squabble.”
Luke 12: 1-12….What to learn from the lessons given to the Pharisees.
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whateverContinue reading “Luke 12: 1-12….What to learn from the lessons given to the Pharisees.”
Luke 11: 33-44… Jesus stirring the pot!
“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your bodyContinue reading “Luke 11: 33-44… Jesus stirring the pot!”