Luke

February 14, 2023 – Tuesday  Luke 9:24-27     NIV 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.  25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?  26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he…

January 18, 2023 – Wednesday  Luke 2:14     NIV 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. Luke 2:14     KJ21 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men! Comments Wednesday evening, I spoke on these two seemingly opposing…

January 10, 2023 – Tuesday  Luke 19:41    NIV 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. Luke 19:41    NET 41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it Comments The two versions above make it clear it was Jesus who wept, and it was Jerusalem He was weeping over. Before exploring…

December 19, 2022 – Monday  Why Jesus Came – 8                                  Luke 19:10    NIV 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost Comments Earlier in…

December 13, 2022 – Tuesday  Why Jesus Came – 4                                  Luke 5:31-32    NIV 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the…

November 25, 2022 – Friday  Lesson From a Widow Luke 18:1   NIV 1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1   NET 1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart. Luke 18:1   CEV 1 Jesus told his…

November 24, 2022 – Thursday  Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving Luke 17:15-16   ESV 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Comment When we think of Thanksgiving, we generally think of how…

November 01, 2022 – Tuesday   Luke 11:4a      RGT 4a ‘And forgive us our sins. As we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Luke 11:4a      NIV 4a Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. Luke 11:4a      ESV 4a and forgive us our…

October 26, 2022 – Wednesday   Luke 15:1-3     NIV 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.  2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”  3 Then Jesus told them this parable Comment Wait! I am really going to finish verses 11-32 tonight,…

October 25, 2022 – Tuesday   Luke 15:11-13     NIV 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.  12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.  13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there…