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In this lesson we finish discussing the beatitudes and the woes with which Luke begins his account of the Sermon on the Plain.  If I have understood this correctly, Jesus […]

Having named the 12 disciples who would become his apostles, Jesus addresses them, beginning by informing them that they are blessed. even though their circumstances in this world are very […]

Here at the beginning of Luke Chapter 6, the clash between Jesus and religious leaders becomes clear.  Jesus comes to everyone, unlike religious leaders who prefer to associate with the […]

After Jesus calls the tax collector Levi (Matthew) to be one of his disciple, the behavior of Jesus and his disciples comes under some scrutiny.   Why do they eat and […]

After they had accused him of committing blasphemy, by telling a paralyzed man that his sins had been forgiven him, Jesus posed the following riddle to the Pharisees and teachers […]

Luke waits until Chapter 5 to describe Jesus’ calling of his first disciples.  Because he has already shown us how the masses of men responded to Jesus, first in Nazareth […]

Because he performs no miracles, Jesus is rejected in Nazareth.  Because he performs many miracles, Jesus is welcome in Capernaum.  What’s the difference?

This completes the story of Jesus’ violent rejection by the synagogue in his home town of Nazareth.  “No prophet,” Jesus said, “is acceptable in his home town.”  We may wonder […]

Here we read Luke’s account of the early days of Jesus teaching ministry.  He beings by telling us that, around the age of 30, before Jesus had begun to call […]

All three of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) remember that Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil prior to […]

The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) all share the recollection that Jesus was baptized at the beginning of his adult ministry and that after he was baptized, the voice […]

In the Gospel According to John (10:41) we read that John (the Baptist) “did no sign,” which I take to mean that he did not perform any miracles.  Yet here, […]

Here we read the youngest words of Jesus — spoken when he was 12 years old.  What do they tell us?  Why did Luke include them in his gospel?

On behalf of all who are saved by him, Simeon takes Jesus into his arms, singing of his greatness and of the difficult road that lies ahead.

When Jesus was about one-month old, his parents took him to Jerusalem, where in the temple they came across a man who was righteous and devout, named Simeon.