Category Archives: LUKE

Introduction 1 Since [as is well known] many have undertaken to compile an orderly account of the things which have been fulfilled among us [by God], 2 exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that […]

Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem 1 Now in those days a decree went out from [the emperor]Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited world (the Roman Empire) should beregistered [in a census]. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone went to register for the census, each to his […]

John the Baptist Preaches 1 Now in the fifteenth year of [Emperor]Tiberius Caesar’s reign–when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod [Antipas] was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene– 2 in the highpriesthood of Annas andCaiaphas [his son-in-law], […]

The Devil Tempts Jesus 1 Now Jesus, full of [and in perfect communication with] the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry. 3 Then […]

The First Disciples 1 Now it happened that while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee), with the people crowding all around Him and listening to the word of God; 2 that He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them […]

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 1 One Sabbath while Jesus was passing through fields of standing grain, it happened that His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing whatis unlawful on the Sabbath?” 3 Jesus […]

Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Slave 1 After He had finished all that He had to say in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. 2 Now a [Roman]centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and on the verge of death. 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some […]

Ministering Women 1 Soon afterward, Jesusbegangoing around from one city and village to another, preaching and proclaimingthe good news ofthe kingdom of God. The twelve [disciples] were with Him, 2 andalsosome women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene [from the city of Magdala in Galilee], from whom seven demons […]

Ministry of the Twelve 1 Now Jesus called together the twelve [disciples] and gave them [the right to exercise] power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. 2 Then He sent them out [on a brief journey] to preachthe kingdom of God and to perform healing. 3 And He said to them,“Take […]

The Seventy Sent Out 1 Now after this the Lord appointedseventy others, and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every city and place where He was about to go. 2 He was saying to them,“The harvest is abundant[for there are many who need to hear the good news about salvation],but the […]