Luke 5: 33 – 39 Jesus questioned about fasting They said to him, ‘John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus answered, ‘Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will comeContinue reading “Luke 5: 33 – 39 Jesus questioned about fasting”
Category Archives: Luke’s Gospel
Luke 5: 27 – 32 Jesus calls Levi and eats with sinners
Luke 5: 27 – 32 Jesus calls Levi and eats with sinners After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Then Levi held a great banquet for JesusContinue reading “Luke 5: 27 – 32 Jesus calls Levi and eats with sinners”
Luke 5: 17 – 26 Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man
Luke 5: 17 – 26 Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal those who were ill.Continue reading “Luke 5: 17 – 26 Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man”
Luke 5: 12 – 16 Jesus heals a man with leprosy
Luke 5: 12 – 16 Jesus heals a man with leprosy While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reachedContinue reading “Luke 5: 12 – 16 Jesus heals a man with leprosy”
Luke 5: 1 – 11 Jesus calls his first disciples
Luke 5: 1 – 11 Jesus calls his first disciples One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got intoContinue reading “Luke 5: 1 – 11 Jesus calls his first disciples”
Luke 4: 31 – 44 Jesus drives out an impure spirit, and heals many
Luke 4: 31 – 44 Jesus drives out an impure spirit, and heals many Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, anContinue reading “Luke 4: 31 – 44 Jesus drives out an impure spirit, and heals many”
Luke 4: 14 – 30 Jesus rejected at Nazareth
Luke 4: 14 – 30 Jesus rejected at Nazareth Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He was teaching in their synagogues and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he wentContinue reading “Luke 4: 14 – 30 Jesus rejected at Nazareth”
Luke 4: 1 – 13 Jesus is tested in the wilderness
Luke 4: 1 – 13 Jesus is tested in the wilderness Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. TheContinue reading “Luke 4: 1 – 13 Jesus is tested in the wilderness”
Luke 3: 21 – 38 The baptism and genealogy of Jesus
Luke 3: 21 – 38 The baptism and genealogy of Jesus When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my son, whom IContinue reading “Luke 3: 21 – 38 The baptism and genealogy of Jesus”
Luke 3: 1 – 19 John the Baptist prepares the way
Luke 3: 1 – 19 John the Baptist prepares the way In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberias Caesar – when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene – during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, theContinue reading “Luke 3: 1 – 19 John the Baptist prepares the way”
Seeking the Light 