The Holy New Covenant
2004 by Thomas Hackett
Luk 1:1 Dear Theophilus, since many people have tried to give an account of the things which have happened among us,
Luk 1:2 they have written the same things that we learned from others that saw those things from the beginning and preached the word.
Luk 1:3 I too thought, after I studied everything carefully from the beginning, your Excellency, that I should write it down for you. Therefore, I put it in order in a book
Luk 1:4 so you may be sure that the words you have been taught are true.
Luk 1:5 During the time when Herod the Great ruled Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He belonged to Abijah’s section. His wife came from the family of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.
Luk 1:6 They were truly being made right before God, doing everything which was right and everything the Lord God commanded. They were spiritually spotless,
Luk 1:7 but they had no children; Elizabeth could not have a baby. Both of them were very old, too.
Luk 1:8 Zechariah was serving as a priest before God for his priestly division of Abijah.
Luk 1:9 The other priests chose him to offer the incense; so he went into the holy place of the temple sanctuary of the Lord God.
Luk 1:10 There was a large group of people outside. They were praying at the time the incense was being offered.
Luk 1:11 Then, standing on the right side of the incense table, an angel of the Lord God appeared to him.
Luk 1:12 When Zechariah saw the angel, he was disturbed and overcome with fear.
Luk 1:13 But the angel said to him, "Zechariah, don’t be afraid. Your prayer has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to a son. You will name him John.
Luk 1:14 You will be very, very happy. Many people will rejoice because of his birth.
Luk 1:15 John will be a great man in the presence of the Lord God. He will never drink wine or liquor. Even at the time when he is being born, he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Luk 1:16 He will help many Jewish people turn back to the Lord their God.
Luk 1:17 John himself will go ahead of the Lord in a powerful way, like Elijah. He will have the same forceful spirit that Elijah had. He will make peace between fathers and their children. He will bring those people who are not obeying God back to the right way that people should think. He will make ready a people for the coming of the Lord."
Luk 1:18 Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man, and my wife is old too."
Luk 1:19 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel. I stand before God. God sent me to talk to you and to tell you this good news.
Luk 1:20 Now listen! You won’t be able to talk until the day when these things occur. You will lose your speech because you didn’t believe what I told you. Nevertheless, these things will come true in their proper time."
Luk 1:21 Outside, the people were still waiting for Zechariah. They were surprised that he was staying so long inside the temple sanctuary.
Luk 1:22 Then he came outside, but he could not speak to them. Then the people realized that he had seen a vision inside the holy place. Zechariah couldn’t speak; he could only make signs to the people.
Luk 1:23 When his time of service was over, he went home.
Luk 1:24 Later, Elizabeth, Zechariah’s wife, became pregnant. So she didn’t go out of her house for five months. She said,
Luk 1:25 "Look what the Lord God has done for me! My people were ashamed of me, but now the Lord God has taken that shame away."
Luk 1:26 During Elizabeth’s sixth month of pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a virgin who lived in Nazareth, a town in the Galilee. The virgin girl was engaged to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary.
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Luk 1:28 The angel came to her and said, "Greetings! The Lord God is with you. He has blessed you."
Luk 1:29 But Mary was very disturbed about what the angel said. She wondered, "What does this mean?"
Luk 1:30 The angel said to her, "Don’t be afraid, Mary, because God has blessed you.
Luk 1:31 Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. And you will name him Jesus.
Luk 1:32 He will be great. People will call him the Son of the Highest One. The Lord God will give him the authority of King David, his ancestor.
Luk 1:33 Jesus will rule over the people of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end."
Luk 1:34 Mary said to the angel, "How will this happen? I have had no sexual relations with any man."
Luk 1:35 The angel said to Mary, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest One will cover you. The holy baby will be called God’s Son.
Luk 1:36 Now listen to this: you know that Elizabeth, your relative, is very old but she is already pregnant with a son. The woman who could not have a baby has been pregnant for six months!
Luk 1:37 With God, nothing is impossible!"
Luk 1:38 Mary said, "I am the slave girl of the Lord God. Let what you said happen to me!" Then the angel went away.
Luk 1:39 Mary got up and went quickly to a town in the hill country of Judea.
Luk 1:40 She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.
Luk 1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the unborn baby kicked inside Elizabeth’s body and she was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Luk 1:42 Then Elizabeth said with a loud voice, "Mary, you have been blessed more than any other woman. The baby to which you will give birth has also been blessed.
Luk 1:43 You are the mother of my Lord, and you have come to me! How could something this good happen to me?
Luk 1:44 When I heard your voice, the baby inside me jumped for joy.
Luk 1:45 You are blessed, because you believed that what the Lord God said to you would actually take place."
Luk 1:46 Then Mary said, "My life praises the Lord God;
Luk 1:47 my heart is happy because God is my Savior.
Luk 1:48 Though I am not important, God has looked upon me, His slave girl. Listen! From now on, all generations will be happy for me
Luk 1:49 because the Powerful One has done great things for me! His name is holy.
Luk 1:50 God will always give His mercy to those who worship Him.
Luk 1:51 His arm is strong. He scatters those who are proud and boastful.
Luk 1:52 He pulls men down from their thrones and He raises up the humble.
Luk 1:53 He fills hungry people with good things, but He sends rich, selfish people away with nothing.
Luk 1:54 He has always helped His people who served Him. He always gave them His mercy.
Luk 1:55 It was just as God said to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his children forever."
Luk 1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months; then Mary returned home.
Luk 1:57 When it was time for Elizabeth to give birth, she had a son.
Luk 1:58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord God had been very good to her. They rejoiced with her.
Luk 1:59 Eight days later they came to circumcise the child. They wanted to name him Zechariah because this was his father’s name.
Luk 1:60 But his mother said, "No! He will be called John instead."
Luk 1:61 The people said to Elizabeth, "But no one in your family is named John!"
Luk 1:62 Then they began to make signs to his father, asking, "What would you like to name him?"
Luk 1:63 Zechariah asked for something to write on. Then he wrote, "His name is John." All of the people were surprised.
Luk 1:64 Then Zechariah could talk again. He began to praise God.
Luk 1:65 All of their neighbors became afraid. Throughout the hill country of Judea, people continued to talk about all these events.
Luk 1:66 All of the people who heard about these things wondered about them. They thought, "What will this little child become when he grows up?" The people could see that the Lord God’s hand was with this child.
Luk 1:67 Then Zechariah, John’s father, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He told them what was going to take place:
Luk 1:68 "Praise the Lord God of Israel. He watches over His people and He has given them freedom.
Luk 1:69 He has given us a powerful Savior from the family of David, His special Servant.
Luk 1:70 God’s holy prophets who lived long ago said that He would do this.
Luk 1:71 He will save us from our enemies and from the power of all those who hate us.
Luk 1:72 God said that He would give mercy to our fathers and remember His holy promise.
Luk 1:73 God vowed to Abraham, our ancestor,
Luk 1:74 that He would rescue us from the control of our enemies so that we could serve Him without being afraid.
Luk 1:75 We will be holy and being made right before God as long as we live.
Luk 1:76 "Now you, little boy, will be called a prophet of the Highest One. You will go ahead of the Lord to make His ways ready.
Luk 1:77 You will make His people know that they can be saved, through the forgiveness of their sins.
Luk 1:78 With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will shine upon us.
Luk 1:79 God will help those people who don’t understand, people who dread death. He will lead us in the way which goes toward peace."
Luk 1:80 And so the little boy was growing up and becoming stronger in spirit. John lived in the desert, away from other people, until the time when he came out to preach to Israel.
Luk 2:1 About that time, Augustus Caesar sent out an order to everyone in the empire that everyone must register.
Luk 2:2 This was the first registration. It occurred while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luk 2:3 Each person traveled to be registered in the town where he was born.
Luk 2:4 So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in the Galilee. He went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea. This was known as David’s town. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David — a direct descendant.
Luk 2:5 Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (Mary was expecting a child.)
Luk 2:6 While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have the baby.
Luk 2:7 She gave birth to her first son and wrapped him with cloths. There were no rooms left in the inn. So she laid the baby in a box where cattle are fed.
Luk 2:8 Some shepherds were in the fields there, watching their flock of sheep that night.
Luk 2:9 An angel of the Lord God stood in front of the shepherds. The glory of the Lord shined around them. They were very frightened.
Luk 2:10 The angel said to them, "Don’t be afraid, because I am telling you good news. It will make all the people very happy.
Luk 2:11 Today your Savior was born in David’s hometown. He is Messiah, the Lord.
Luk 2:12 This is how you will know him: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a box where cattle are fed."
Luk 2:13 Suddenly a very large group of angels from heaven joined the first angel. They were all praising God:
Luk 2:14 "Give glory to God in heaven, and on earth, let there be peace among those who please God."
Luk 2:15 The angels left the shepherds and went back to heaven. The shepherds kept saying to each other, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which has occurred which the Lord God has revealed to us."
Luk 2:16 So the shepherds went quickly and found Mary and Joseph. The baby was lying in the feeding box.
Luk 2:17 The shepherds saw the baby. Then they revealed what the angels had said about this child.
Luk 2:18 Everyone was amazed when they heard what the shepherds told them.
Luk 2:19 Mary was keeping all these things in her heart; she continued to think about them.
Luk 2:20 The shepherds went back, singing to God and praising Him for everything they had seen and heard. It was just as the angel had told them.
Luk 2:21 When the baby was eight days old, he was circumcised. Then he was named Jesus. (This name was given by the angel before the baby began to grow inside Mary’s womb.)
Luk 2:22 The time came for Mary and the baby to be made pure, according to the law of Moses. Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to Jerusalem so that they could present him to the Lord God.
Luk 2:23 It is written in the law of the Lord: "When the first male in every family is born, he will be called ‘holy for the Lord God.’"
Luk 2:24 The law of the Lord also says that the people must give a sacrifice: "You must sacrifice two young doves or two young pigeons."
Luk 2:25 A man named Simeon lived in Jerusalem. He was a good man and very devout. Simeon was waiting for the time when God would comfort Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.
Luk 2:26 The Holy Spirit had revealed to Simeon that Simeon would not die before he saw the Lord’s Messiah.
Luk 2:27 The Spirit led Simeon to the temple. The parents of the child went to the temple to do what the Jewish law said that they must do about the child.
Luk 2:28 Simeon held the baby in his arms and thanked God:
Luk 2:29 "Now, Master, You can let me, Your slave, die in peace, just as You said.
Luk 2:30 I have seen Your Safety from danger with my own eyes.
Luk 2:31 You prepared him before all people everywhere.
Luk 2:32 He is light for all the people of the world to see and honor for Your people, Israel."
Luk 2:33 Jesus’ mother and Joseph were surprised at what Simeon said about him.
Luk 2:34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, the baby’s mother, "Many Jewish people will fall and many will rise because of this boy. He will be a proof from God which some people will not accept.
Luk 2:35 The things which people think in secret will be revealed. The things which will happen will slice through your heart."
Luk 2:36 Anna, a prophetess, was there at the temple. She was from the family of Phanuel in the Asher tribe. Anna was very old. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage.
Luk 2:37 She was a widow and was 84 years old at that time. Anna was always at the temple; she never left. She worshipped God day and night by fasting and praying.
Luk 2:38 Anna came up to them at that same moment, thanking God. She began to talk about Jesus to everyone who was waiting for God to bring safety from danger to Jerusalem.
Luk 2:39 Joseph and Mary finished doing everything which the law of the Lord commanded. Then they returned home to Nazareth, their own town in the Galilee.
Luk 2:40 The little boy began to grow up. He became stronger and wiser. God’s help in time of need was upon him.
Luk 2:41 Every year Jesus’ parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.
Luk 2:42 When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem to the feast as they always did.
Luk 2:43 When the feast days were over, they were returning home but the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t know about it.
Luk 2:44 Joseph and Mary traveled for a whole day. They thought that Jesus was with them in the caravan. They began to look for him among their relatives and close friends,
Luk 2:45 but Joseph and Mary didn’t find Jesus. So they went back to Jerusalem to look for him there.
Luk 2:46 After three days, they found him. Jesus was sitting in the temple courtyard among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Luk 2:47 Everyone heard him. They were amazed at his understanding and wise answers.
Luk 2:48 When Jesus’ parents saw him, they were very surprised. His mother said to him, "Son, why did you treat us like this? Your father and I were very worried about you. We were looking everywhere for you."
Luk 2:49 Jesus asked them, "Why did you have to look for me? You should have known that I must be where my Father’s work is!"
Luk 2:50 But they did not understand the meaning of what he said to them.
Luk 2:51 Jesus went down with them and came to Nazareth. He always obeyed them. His mother was still thinking about all of these things.
Luk 2:52 Jesus grew taller and continued to learn more and more. People liked him, and he pleased God.
Luk 3:1 While John, Zechariah’s son, was in the desert, the message of God came to him. This occurred during the 15th year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar. These men were ruling for Caesar: Pontius Pilate ruled Judea; Herod Antipas ruled the Galilee; Philip, Herod’s brother, ruled Iturea and Trachonities; Lysanias ruled Abilene. Annas and Caiaphas were high priests at that time.
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Luk 3:3 John went through the whole area around the Jordan River. He was preaching to the people: "Change your hearts and be immersed for the forgiveness of sins."
Luk 3:4 As the words in the book of Isaiah the prophet are written: "There is a voice shouting in the desert: ‘Prepare the Lord’s way. Make His paths straight.
Luk 3:5 Every valley will be filled and every mountain and hill will be flattened. Crooked roads will become straight and rough roads will become smooth.
Luk 3:6 Everyone will see the safety from danger of God!’"
Luk 3:7 People were coming to be immersed by John. John said to them, "You are like poisonous snakes! Who told you to run away from God’s punishment which is coming?
Luk 3:8 You must do the things which will show that you have really changed your hearts. Don’t start thinking this to yourselves: ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you, God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.
Luk 3:9 The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. Every tree which does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into fire."
Luk 3:10 The people asked John, "What should we do?"
Luk 3:11 John answered, "If you have two shirts, share with the person who doesn’t have one. If you have food, share that too."
Luk 3:12 Even the tax collectors came to John. They wanted to be immersed. They asked John, "Teacher, what should we do?"
Luk 3:13 John answered them, "Don’t take more taxes from anyone than you have been ordered to take."
Luk 3:14 The soldiers asked John, "What about us? What should we do?" John said to them, "Don’t do violence to anyone; don’t accuse falsely. Be happy with the pay you receive."
Luk 3:15 All of the people were hoping for the Messiah to come, and they were wondering about John. They thought, "Perhaps he is the Messiah?"
Luk 3:16 John answered everyone, "I immerse you in water but there is one coming who is more important than I am. I am not worthy to untie his shoe. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
Luk 3:17 He will come ready to clean the grain, separating the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part into his barn. Then he will burn the part which is not good. He will burn it with a fire which cannot be put out!"
Luk 3:18 John continued to preach the Good News, saying many different things to encourage the people.
Luk 3:19 (Later John denounced Herod Antipas, the ruler, by saying, "You were wrong to marry Herodias. Herodias is your brother’s wife!" John also rebuked Herod for the many other evil things which Herod had done.
Luk 3:20 Then Herod did another evil thing (it was the worst thing of all) — he put John in prison.
Luk 3:21 Before John was put in prison, many of the people were immersed by him. Then Jesus came and was immersed too. While Jesus was praying, the sky opened up.
Luk 3:22 The Holy Spirit came down upon him in a physical form, as a dove. Then a Voice came from heaven and said, "You are My Son, and I give Myself to you, for your good, expecting nothing in return. I am very pleased with you!"
Luk 3:23 Jesus was about 30 years old when he began to teach. People thought that Jesus was Joseph’s son. Joseph was Eli’s son;
Luk 3:24 Eli was Matthat’s son; Matthat was Levi’s son; Levi was Melchi’s son; Melchi was Jannai’s son; Jannai was Joseph’s son;
Luk 3:25 Joseph was Mattathias’ son; Mattathias was Amos’ son; Amos was Nahum’s son; Nahum was Esli’s son; Esli was Naggai’s son;
Luk 3:26 Naggai was Maath’s son; Maath was Mattathias’ son; Mattathias was Semein’s son; Semein was Josech’s son; Josech was Joda’s son;
Luk 3:27 Joda was Joanan’s son; Joanan was Rhesa’s son; Rhesa was Zerubbabel’s son; Zerubbabel was Shealtiel’s son; Shealtiel was Neri’s son;
Luk 3:28 Neri was Melchi’s son; Melchi was Addi’s son; Addi was Cosam’s son; Cosam was Elmadam’s son; Elmadam was Er’s son;
Luk 3:29 Er was Joshua’s son; Joshua was Eliezer’s son; Eliezer was Jorim’s son; Jorim was Matthat’s son; Matthat was Levi’s son;
Luk 3:30 Levi was Simeon’s son; Simeon was Judah’s son; Judah was Joseph’s son; Joseph was Jonam’s son; Jonam was Eliakim’s son;
Luk 3:31 Eliakim was Melea’s son; Melea was Menna’s son; Menna was Mattatha’s son; Mattatha was Nathan’s son; Nathan was David’s son;
Luk 3:32 David was Jesse’s son; Jesse was Obed’s son; Obed was Boaz’ son; Boaz was Salmon’s son; Salmon was Nahshon’s son;
Luk 3:33 Nahshon was Amminadab’s son; Amminadab was Admin’s son; Admin was Arni’s son; Arni was Hezron’s son; Hezron was Perez’ son; Perez was Judah’s son;
Luk 3:34 Judah was Jacob’s son; Jacob was Isaac’s son; Isaac was Abraham’s son; Abraham was Terah’s son; Terah was Nahor’s son;
Luk 3:35 Nahor was Serug’s son; Serug was Reu’s son; Reu was Peleg’s son; Peleg was Eber’s son; Eber was Shelah’s son;
Luk 3:36 Shelah was Cainan’s son; Cainan was Arphaxad’s son; Arphaxad was Shem’s son; Shem was Noah’s son; Noah was Lamech’s son;
Luk 3:37 Lamech was Methuselah’s son; Methuselah was Enoch’s son; Enoch was Jared’s son; Jared was Mahalaleel’s son; Mahalaleel was Cainan’s son;
Luk 3:38 Cainan was Enos’ son; Enos was Seth’s son; Seth was Adam’s son; Adam was God’s son.
Luk 4:1 Jesus returned from the Jordan River. He was full of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit was leading Jesus into the wilderness.
Luk 4:2 The devil tempted Jesus for 40 days. Jesus didn’t eat anything during that time. When those days were over, Jesus was very hungry.
Luk 4:3 The devil said to him, "Since you are the Son of God, command this rock to become food."
Luk 4:4 Jesus answered him, "It is written: ‘A person does not live on bread alone, but by every word of God.’"
Luk 4:5 The devil took Jesus and showed him in a moment of time all of the kingdoms of the world.
Luk 4:6 The devil said to him, "I will give you all of these kingdoms and all the power and glory which is in them. It has all been given to me. I may give it to anyone I want.
Luk 4:7 It will all belong to you, if you will only bow down in front of me."
Luk 4:8 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me, Satan! It is written: ‘You must worship the Lord God. Serve only Him!’"
Luk 4:9 The devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and stood him on a very high place of the temple. He said to Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, jump off,
Luk 4:10 because it is written: ‘God will command His angels to take care of you.’
Luk 4:11 It is also written: ‘Their hands will catch you so that you won’t hit your foot on a rock.’"
Luk 4:12 Jesus answered him, "But it also says: ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’"
Luk 4:13 The devil finished tempting Jesus and went away from him to wait until a better time.
Luk 4:14 Jesus went back to the Galilee with the power of the Holy Spirit. Stories about Jesus went all over the area around the Galilee.
Luk 4:15 He began to teach in their houses of worship. All of the people were praising him.
Luk 4:16 Jesus came to Nazareth, the town where he grew up. On the Sabbath day he went into the house of worship; that is what Jesus always did. He stood up to read.
Luk 4:17 The book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. Jesus opened the scroll and found the place where this was written:
Luk 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. He chose me to tell the Good News to poor people. He sent me to preach freedom to captives and to help blind people see again. He sent me to lift up broken-hearted people
Luk 4:19 and to announce the welcome year of the Lord God."
Luk 4:20 Jesus rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the keeper. Then Jesus sat down. Every person in the house of worship was watching Jesus very closely.
Luk 4:21 Jesus began to speak to them. He said, "While you heard me reading these words just now, the words were coming true!"
Luk 4:22 All of the people were saying good things about Jesus. They continued to be amazed at the beautiful words which were coming from his mouth. The people asked, "Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph?"
Luk 4:23 Jesus said to them, "Surely you will tell me this old saying: ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You would like to say, ‘We have heard about some of the things you did in Capernaum. Do those things here in your own hometown too!’"
Luk 4:24 Then Jesus said, "I am telling you the truth: a prophet is not accepted in his own hometown.
Luk 4:25 "I am telling you the truth: during Elijah’s time it did not rain in Israel for three and one half years. There was very little food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows in Israel during that time
Luk 4:26 but Elijah was sent to none of those widows. He was sent only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in the land of Sidon.
Luk 4:27 "And there were many people with leprosy living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. However, not one of those people was healed; the only one was Naaman. And Naaman was from the country of Syria, not from Israel."
Luk 4:28 All the people in the house of worship heard these things. The people became very, very angry.
Luk 4:29 Their town was built on a hill. They got up and forced Jesus out of town, bringing Jesus to the edge of a cliff. They wanted to throw him over,
Luk 4:30 but Jesus walked through the middle of them and went away.
Luk 4:31 On the Sabbath day Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town in the Galilee. Jesus was teaching the people.
Luk 4:32 They were amazed at what he taught; this message had authority.
Luk 4:33 In the house of worship there was a man who had an evil spirit inside him. The man shouted with a loud voice,
Luk 4:34 "Bah! Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come here to destroy us? I know who you are — God’s Holy One!"
Luk 4:35 But Jesus stopped the evil spirit. Jesus said, "Stop talking and come out of the man!" The demon threw the man down on the ground in front of all the people. Then the evil spirit left the man without hurting him.
Luk 4:36 The people were shocked. They continued to ask each other, "What does this mean? With such authority and power Jesus commands evil spirits and they come out!"
Luk 4:37 And so the news about Jesus was spreading to every place in the whole area.
Luk 4:38 Jesus left the house of worship. He went into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was very sick; she had a high fever. They asked Jesus to do something to help her.
Luk 4:39 Jesus stood very close to her and commanded the fever to leave her. It left her immediately and she got up and began to serve them.
Luk 4:40 When the sun went down, the people brought their sick friends to Jesus. They had many different kinds of sicknesses. He put his hands on every one of them and healed them.
Luk 4:41 Demons were coming out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus wouldn’t let the demons say anything more; the demons knew that Jesus was the Messiah.
Luk 4:42 The next day Jesus traveled to a place to be alone. The people were looking for Jesus. When they found him, they wouldn’t let him leave.
Luk 4:43 But Jesus said to them, "I must tell the Good News about God’s kingdom to other towns too. This is why I was sent."
Luk 4:44 Then Jesus began to preach in the houses of worship of Judea.
Luk 5:1 Jesus stood beside Lake Gennesaret. Many people pushed to get all around him. They wanted to hear the message of God.
Luk 5:2 Jesus saw two boats at the shore of the lake. The fishermen were washing their nets.
Luk 5:3 Jesus climbed into the boat which belonged to Simon. He asked Simon to push away from the shore a little. Then Jesus sat down and, from the boat, continued to teach the people on the shore.
Luk 5:4 Jesus finished speaking. He said to Simon, "Take the boat into the deep water. If all of you will drop your nets into the water, you will catch some fish."
Luk 5:5 Simon answered, "Teacher, we worked hard all night long trying to catch fish, but we caught nothing. But you say I should lower the nets into the water so I will do it."
Luk 5:6 The fishermen dropped their nets into the water. They caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to rip.
Luk 5:7 They called to some friends in another boat to come and help them. The friends came and both boats were filled so full of fish that they were almost sinking.
Luk 5:8 The fishermen were shocked because of the large number of fish that they caught. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down in front of Jesus and said, "Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man!"
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Luk 5:10 Jacob and John, the sons of Zebedee, were amazed too. (Jacob and John were partners with Simon.) Jesus said to Simon, "Don’t be afraid. From now on, you will catch people instead of fish!"
Luk 5:11 The men brought their boats to the shore. They left everything and followed Jesus.
Luk 5:12 Once, Jesus was in a town; there was a man who was covered with leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed down in front of Jesus and begged him, saying, "Lord, you can heal me if you want to."
Luk 5:13 Jesus said, "I do want to heal you — be healed!" Then Jesus stretched out his hand and touched the man. The leprosy disappeared immediately.
Luk 5:14 Then Jesus said, "Don’t tell anyone about what happened. Instead, go show yourself to the priest. Then offer a gift to God because you have been healed. This is what the law of Moses commands. This will prove to the priests that you are healed."
Luk 5:15 But the news about Jesus was spreading more and more. Many people were coming to listen to him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
Luk 5:16 Often Jesus went away to other places to be alone so that he could pray.
Luk 5:17 One day Jesus was teaching the people. The Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there too. They had come from every village in the Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. The Lord God was giving Jesus the power to heal people.
Luk 5:18 There was a man who was paralyzed. Some men carried him on a small bed. The men were trying to bring him and put him down in front of Jesus
Luk 5:19 but there were so many people that the men couldn’t find a way to get to Jesus. So the men went up on top of the roof. They lowered the crippled man on his small bed down through a hole in the roof into the room in front of Jesus.
Luk 5:20 Jesus saw that these men believed. He said to the sick man, "My son, your sins are forgiven!"
Luk 5:21 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man? He speaks such an evil thing! Only God can forgive sins!"
Luk 5:22 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He answered them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Luk 5:23 Which is easier to say: ‘Your sins are forgiven’, or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?
Luk 5:24 I will prove to you that I have the authority to forgive sins on earth." So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "I tell you, stand up! Pick up your bed and go home!"
Luk 5:25 Immediately the man got up in front of all of them. He took his bed and went home, praising God.
Luk 5:26 All of the people were completely amazed. They began to praise God. They were filled with awe. They said, "Today we have seen amazing things!"
Luk 5:27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector sitting at the tax office. His name was Levi. Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"
Luk 5:28 Levi got up, left everything, and started to follow Jesus.
Luk 5:29 Then Levi, in his own home, gave a big feast in honor of Jesus. At the table there were many tax collectors and some other people.
Luk 5:30 The Pharisees and those men who taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the students of Jesus, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
Luk 5:31 Jesus answered them, "Healthy people do not need a doctor but sick people do.
Luk 5:32 I have not come to ask people being made right to change their hearts; I have come to call sinners."
Luk 5:33 They said to Jesus, "John’s students often fast and pray, the same as the Pharisees, but your students are always eating and drinking!"
Luk 5:34 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of a groom be sad while he is still with them?
Luk 5:35 However, the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then his friends will fast during that time."
Luk 5:36 Jesus told this example: "No one takes cloth off a new robe to cover a hole in an old robe. If he does, the new piece of cloth will shrink and tear and not match the old cloth.
Luk 5:37 No one puts new wine into old wine bags. If he does, the old wine bags will break open. The wine will spill out and the wine bags will be ruined.
Luk 5:38 Instead, new wine should be put inside new wine bags.
Luk 5:39 No one who drinks old wine wants new wine because he says, ‘The old is better.’"
Luk 6:1 Once on a Sabbath day, Jesus was passing through a field of grain. His students were picking some of the grain, rubbing it in their hands, and eating it.
Luk 6:2 Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing this? You are doing what is not right to do on the Sabbath day."
Luk 6:3 Jesus answered them, "Do you remember reading about what David did when he and his men were hungry?
Luk 6:4 David went into the house of God. He took the holy loaves of bread and ate them. The law says that only the priests can eat them but David gave some to his men."
Luk 6:5 Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, "I am Lord over the Sabbath day."
Luk 6:6 On another Sabbath day, Jesus went into the house of worship to teach the people. A man with a crippled right hand was there.
Luk 6:7 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees were waiting to see whether Jesus would heal on the Sabbath day. They wanted to see Jesus do something wrong so that they could accuse him.
Luk 6:8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said to the man with the crippled hand, "Arise and stand in the middle." The man got up and stood there.
Luk 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is right on the Sabbath day — to do good or to do evil? Is it right to save a life or to destroy one?"
Luk 6:10 Jesus looked around at all of them and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" The man did this; his hand was restored.
Luk 6:11 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law became very, very angry. They started saying to each other, "What can we do to Jesus?"
Luk 6:12 At that time Jesus went out to a hillside to pray. He stayed there all night long praying to God.
Luk 6:13 When morning came, Jesus called his students and chose twelve of them and named them "delegates". They were:
Luk 6:14 Simon (Jesus named him Peter.), Andrew (Peter’s brother), Jacob, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Luk 6:15 Matthew, Thomas, Jacob (the son of Alphaeus), Simon (He was named The Revolutionary.)
Luk 6:16 Judas (the son of Jacob), Judas Iscariot (the one who turned against Jesus).
Luk 6:17 Jesus and the delegates came down from the hillside. Jesus stood on a level place. A large group of his students were there. Also there were many, many people from all around Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Luk 6:18 They all came to listen to Jesus and to be healed of their diseases. Jesus healed those people who were troubled by evil spirits.
Luk 6:19 All of the people were trying to touch Jesus because power was coming out of him. Jesus healed them all!
Luk 6:20 Jesus looked up at his students and began to speak: "Poor people, be happy, because God’s kingdom belongs to you!
Luk 6:21 You who are hungry now, be happy, because you will be satisfied. You who are crying now, be happy, because you will laugh.
Luk 6:22 Be happy when people hate you and are cruel to you. Be happy even when they pull away from you as being evil and throw you out because you are my friend.
Luk 6:23 At that time you should jump for joy, because you will have a great reward in heaven. Their ancestors treated the prophets the same way that these people treat you.
Luk 6:24 "Nevertheless it will be horrible for you, you rich and selfish people, because you’ve had your comfort.
Luk 6:25 It will be horrible for you, you people who are full now, because you will be hungry. It will be horrible for you people who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry aloud.
Luk 6:26 How horrible it is when everyone says good things about you; their ancestors always did that to the false prophets!
Luk 6:27 "However, I say to you people who are listening to me, give yourselves to your enemies, for their good, expecting nothing in return. Do good to those who hate you.
Luk 6:28 Bless those people who curse you. Pray for those people who are cruel to you.
Luk 6:29 If a person hits you on one side of your face, offer the other side too. If someone takes away your robe, let him have your shirt too.
Luk 6:30 Give to every person who asks you. When a person takes something that belongs to you, don’t ask for it back.
Luk 6:31 "Treat other people the way you want them to treat you.
Luk 6:32 If you give yourself, expecting something in return, to those who give themselves to you for their good, expecting something in return — then you are not any better than anyone else. Even tax collectors do the same thing!
Luk 6:33 If you do good only to those who do good to you, you are no better than anyone else. Even ‘sinners’ do that!
Luk 6:34 If you lend something to someone, always hoping to get something back, what good have you done? Even ‘sinners’ lend to other ‘sinners’ so that they may get the same amount back!
Luk 6:35 "So give yourself to your enemies, for their good, expecting nothing in return, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting anything in return. God is good, even to the people who are full of sin and who are not thankful. If you do these things, you will have a great reward. You will be sons of the Highest One.
Luk 6:36 "Give mercy as your heavenly Father gives mercy.
Luk 6:37 Don’t pass judgment on other people, and you won’t be judged. Do not condemn other people, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Luk 6:38 Give to others, and it will be given to you. You will be given much. It will be poured into your hands, shaken, and pressed down — more than you can hold. It will be so much that it will spill over into your lap. The measure you use to measure will be used to measure back to you."
Luk 6:39 Jesus gave them this example: "Can a blind man guide a blind man? Both of them will fall into a pit.
Luk 6:40 A student is not higher than his teacher. However, when the student has learned, he will be like his teacher.
Luk 6:41 "Why do you see the speck of dust which is in your brother’s eye but do not notice the wooden pole which is in your own eye?
Luk 6:42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take hat speck out of your eye,’ while you still have that pole in your own eye? Can’t you see it? You hypocrite! First take the pole out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Luk 6:43 "A good tree does not produce rotten fruit; neither does a rotten tree produce good fruit.
Luk 6:44 Each tree can be known by its fruit. Do people gather figs from thorny weeds? Do people get grapes from bushes?
Luk 6:45 A good man brings good out of the good treasure of his heart, but an evil man brings out evil from an evil treasure. A person speaks what flows out of his heart.
Luk 6:46 "Why do you call me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ yet you do not obey what I say!
Luk 6:47 Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and obeys them
Luk 6:48 is like a man building a house. He digs down deep and builds his house on strong rock. Then the floods come, and the water tries to wash the house away, but the flood cannot move the house because it was built well.
Luk 6:49 However, the person who hears my words and does not obey them is like a man who does not build his house on rock. There is no solid foundation. When the floods come, the house quickly falls down, and that house is completely destroyed."
Luk 7:1 Jesus finished saying all these things to the people. Then he went into Capernaum.
Luk 7:2 The slave of a Roman army officer was very sick — near death. The officer honored him very much.
Luk 7:3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask Jesus to come and save the life of his slave.
Luk 7:4 When the men came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, "This officer deserves to have your help.
Luk 7:5 He built the house of worship for us; he gives himself to our people, for their good, expecting nothing in return."
Luk 7:6 So Jesus went with the men. He was coming near to the officer’s house when the officer sent friends to say, "Lord, don’t bother to come into my house. I am not worthy to be with you.
Luk 7:7 That is why I did not come to you myself. Just give the order and my slave will be healed.
Luk 7:8 I am a person under authority too, and I have soldiers below me whom I command. I can say to one, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. Or, if I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it.
Luk 7:9 When Jesus heard this, he was surprised. Jesus turned to the crowd that was following him. He said, "I tell you, I have not found this much faith anywhere — not even in Israel!"
Luk 7:10 The group that was sent to Jesus went back to the house. They found that the slave was made well.
Luk 7:11 The next day Jesus went to a town called Nain. His students and a large group of people were traveling with him.
Luk 7:12 When Jesus came near the town gate, he saw a funeral procession. A mother had lost her only son. She was also a widow. A large crowd from the town was there with the mother while the dead son was being carried out.
Luk 7:13 When the Lord Jesus saw her, he felt very sorry for her. He said to her, "Don’t cry."
Luk 7:14 Jesus came near the coffin and touched it. The men who were carrying it stopped. Jesus said, "Young man, I tell you, get up!"
Luk 7:15 Then the dead son sat up and began to talk. Jesus gave him to his mother.
Luk 7:16 All of the people felt much respect. They were praising God. They said, "A great prophet has come to us!" and, "God is taking care of His people."
Luk 7:17 This news about Jesus spread into all Judea and throughout all the places around there.
Luk 7:18 John’s students told John about all of these things. He called for two of his students.
Luk 7:19 John sent them to the Lord Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for someone else?"
Luk 7:20 So the men came to Jesus. They said, "John (the one who immerses people) sent us to you with this question: ‘Are you the one who is coming, or should we wait for another person?’"
Luk 7:21 At that time Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits. He gave sight to many blind people.
Luk 7:22 Then Jesus said to John’s students, "Go tell John the things you have seen and heard. Blind people can see again. Crippled people can walk. Those with leprosy are made well. The deaf can hear; dead people are given life; and the Good News is given to the poor people.
Luk 7:23 The person who is not ashamed of me is truly happy!"
Luk 7:24 After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to tell the crowds about John: "What did you people go out into the wilderness to see? A stalk of grass being blown by the wind?
Luk 7:25 Why did you go out there? Did you go to see a man dressed in fine clothes? The people who have fine, nice clothes live in palaces.
Luk 7:26 Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you — John is even more than a prophet.
Luk 7:27 This was written about John: ‘Listen! I am sending my messenger to go ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.’
Luk 7:28 "I tell you, John is greater than any man ever born. However, the person who is the least important in God’s kingdom is greater than John!"
Luk 7:29 (All of the people and the tax collectors who heard this agreed that God’s command was good; they had allowed themselves to be immersed by John.
Luk 7:30 But the Pharisees and teachers of the law refused to obey God’s plan; they did not allow themselves to be immersed by John.)
Luk 7:31 Then Jesus said, "Now I will compare the people of this time to something. What are they like?
Luk 7:32 The people of this time are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to each other, ‘We played a happy song, but you wouldn’t dance. We played a sad song, but you wouldn’t cry.’
Luk 7:33 John (the one who immersed people) came, not eating normal food or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
Luk 7:34 I came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, he eats too much, and he drinks too much wine! He is the friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’
Luk 7:35 True wisdom is shown to be right by all the things it does."
Luk 7:36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him. Jesus went into the Pharisee’s house and sat down at the table.
Luk 7:37 At that time there was a sinful woman in town. She knew that Jesus was having dinner at the Pharisee’s house; so the woman brought some expensive perfume.
Luk 7:38 She stood crying at Jesus’ feet. Then she began to wash his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. She kissed his feet again and again and rubbed them with perfume.
Luk 7:39 The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this. He thought to himself, "If Jesus really were a prophet, he would know that the woman who is touching him is a sinner!"
Luk 7:40 Then Jesus said to the Pharisee, "Simon, I have something to say to you." Simon said, "Say it, teacher."
Luk 7:41 Jesus said, "There were two men. Both men owed money to the same moneylender. One man owed him 500 silver coins. The other man owed him 50 silver coins.
Luk 7:42 The men didn’t have any money to pay back the moneylender. So the moneylender told the men that they didn’t have to pay him. Which one of them will want to give himself to the moneylender, for his good, expecting nothing more from him?"
Luk 7:43 Simon answered, "I think it would be the one who owed him the most money." Jesus said to him, "You are correct."
Luk 7:44 Then Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you provided me with no water for my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
Luk 7:45 You didn’t give me the kiss of friendship, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came in!
Luk 7:46 You did not rub my head with oil, but she rubbed my feet with perfume.
Luk 7:47 Because of her great giving to me, for my good, expecting nothing in return — I tell you, her many sins are forgiven. The person who has only a little need to be forgiven will only give himself a little to others, for their good, expecting nothing in return, when he is forgiven."
Luk 7:48 Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
Luk 7:49 The guests at the table began to think to themselves, "Who does Jesus think he is? How can he forgive sins?"
Luk 7:50 Jesus said to the woman, "Because you believed, you are forgiven. Go in peace."
Luk 8:1 Later, Jesus was traveling through each town and village. He was preaching and telling the Good News about God’s kingdom. The twelve delegates were with him.
Luk 8:2 There were also some women with him. Jesus had healed these women of evil spirits and sicknesses. One of the women was Mary from a town called Magdala. Seven demons had come out of her.
Luk 8:3 Also, there were: Joanna, the wife of Chuza (Herod Antipas’ business manager), Suzanna, and other women. These women used their own money to help Jesus and his delegates.
Luk 8:4 Many people came together. People came to Jesus from every town. He gave the people this example:
Luk 8:5 "A farmer went out to plant his seed. While he was planting, some seeds fell along the road. People walked on the seeds, and the wild birds ate them up.
Luk 8:6 Some seeds fell on rocky soil. They began to grow, but they died because they did not have any water.
Luk 8:7 Some other seeds fell among thorny weeds. They grew, but the weeds choked them off later.
Luk 8:8 And some seeds fell on good soil. They grew and produced fruit a hundred times more." After saying these things, Jesus called out, "The person who has an ear to hear with should use it."
Luk 8:9 Jesus’ students asked him, "What does this story mean?"
Luk 8:10 And Jesus said, "You have been chosen to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. However, these secrets are given to other people in stories so that ‘They will see, but they won’t understand! They will hear, but they won’t understand!’
Luk 8:11 "This is what the story means — ‘The seed is God’s message.
Luk 8:12 Those along the road are the people who hear, but then the devil comes and takes away the message from their hearts so that those people cannot believe it and be saved.
Luk 8:13 The seeds which fell on rocky soil are like the people who hear the message and accept it gladly, but they do not have deep roots. They believe for a while but, in time, temptation comes and they turn away from God.
Luk 8:14 The seeds which fell among the thorny weeds are like the people who heard God’s message, but they are gradually choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of life. They never produce fruit.
Luk 8:15 But the seeds which fell on good soil are like the people who, when they listen to the message with a good, honest heart, obey it and patiently produce fruit.’
Luk 8:16 "No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a basket or hides it underneath a bed. Instead, he puts the lamp on a table so that the people who come in will have enough light to see by.
Luk 8:17 Everything which is hidden will become clear. Every secret thing will be made known.
Luk 8:18 So be careful how you listen, because the person who has something will get more. But this will happen to the person who has almost nothing: even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him!"
Luk 8:19 Jesus’ mother and brothers came to visit him. They could not get to him because there were so many people.
Luk 8:20 Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They want to see you."
Luk 8:21 Jesus answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those people who listen to God’s message and obey it!"
Luk 8:22 One day Jesus and his students climbed into a boat. He said to them, "Let us go across the lake." And so they sailed.
Luk 8:23 While they were sailing, Jesus was asleep. Then a big storm blew down on the lake. The boat began to fill with water. They were in danger.
Luk 8:24 The students went to Jesus and woke him. They said, "Master! Master! We are going to drown!" Jesus woke up and gave an order to the wind and the waves. Everything stopped; the lake became calm.
Luk 8:25 He asked his students, "Where is your faith?" The students were afraid and amazed. They asked each other, "What kind of man is this? Even wind and water obey him!"
Luk 8:26 Jesus and his students sailed across the lake from the Galilee. They reached the land where the Gerasene people lived.
Luk 8:27 When Jesus went ashore, a man from the town met him. This man was full of demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes. He was living in the tombs, not in a house.
Luk 8:28 He had often been taken, put in jail, and tied with chains and shackles, but the man would always break the bonds and the demon inside him would force him to go out to the desert places. Then Jesus commanded the evil spirit to come out of this man. The man fell before Jesus and shouted, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please, don’t punish me!"
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Luk 8:30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion" (because many demons had gone into him).
Luk 8:31 The demons begged Jesus not to order them into the bottomless pit.
Luk 8:32 On that hill there was a large herd of pigs feeding. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs; so Jesus let them.
Luk 8:33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. The herd ran down the steep hill into the lake and drowned.
Luk 8:34 Some men had been taking care of the pigs. When they saw what happened, they ran away. They told the story in the fields and in the town.
Luk 8:35 People went out to see what had occurred. They came to Jesus and found the man sitting there at Jesus’ feet. The man had clothes on and he was in his right mind — the demons were gone. The people became afraid.
Luk 8:36 The men who saw these things happen told the other people all about how Jesus had healed the man with demons.
Luk 8:37 All the people of the surrounding Gerasene area asked Jesus to go away from them. They were all very frightened. So he climbed into a boat and went back to the Galilee.
Luk 8:38 The demon-free man begged to stay with Jesus. But Jesus sent the man away, saying,
Luk 8:39 "Go back home and tell what God did for you." So the man went all over town telling what Jesus had done for him.
Luk 8:40 When Jesus returned to the Galilee, a crowd of people welcomed him. Everyone was waiting for him.
Luk 8:41 A man named Jairus came too. He was a ruler of the house of worship. He bowed down at Jesus’ feet and kept begging him to come to his house.
Luk 8:42 Jairus had only one daughter. She was twelve years old, and she was dying. While Jesus was going to Jairus’ house, the crowds were pressing in upon him.
Luk 8:43 There was a woman who had a sore which had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all of her money on doctors but no one was able to heal her.
Luk 8:44 She went behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his robe. At that moment her bleeding stopped.
Luk 8:45 Then Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Everyone denied touching Jesus. Peter said, "Teacher, the people are all around you and they are pressing against you."
Luk 8:46 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me! I felt it when power left me."
Luk 8:47 When the woman saw that she could not hide, she came forward trembling. She bowed down before Jesus. While all the people listened, she told why she touched Jesus and how she was healed immediately.
Luk 8:48 Jesus said to her, "Dear woman, you are made well because you believed. Go in peace."
Luk 8:49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of the worship ruler and said, "Your daughter has just died! Don’t bother the Teacher anymore."
Luk 8:50 When Jesus heard this, he said to Jairus, "Don’t be afraid! Just believe and your daughter will be well again."
Luk 8:51 Jesus came to the house. He allowed only Peter, John, Jacob, and the girl’s father and mother to go with him. He did not allow anyone else inside.
Luk 8:52 Everyone was crying and showing great sadness because of the girl. But Jesus said, "Stop crying, because she is not dead; she is only sleeping!"
Luk 8:53 They laughed at Jesus because they knew that the girl was dead.
Luk 8:54 But Jesus took hold of her hand and called to her, "Little girl, get up!"
Luk 8:55 Her spirit came back into her and she stood up immediately. Jesus said, "Give her something to eat."
Luk 8:56 The girl’s parents were amazed. Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about what had occurred.
Luk 9:1 Jesus called the twelve delegates together. He gave them authority over all demons and power to heal sicknesses.
Luk 9:2 Jesus sent them to preach about God’s kingdom and to heal sick people.
Luk 9:3 He said to them, "When you travel, don’t carry a walking staff. Also, don’t carry a bag, food, or money. Don’t even bring an extra set of clothes.
Luk 9:4 When you go into a house, stay there until it is time to leave that town.
Luk 9:5 If the people there won’t welcome you, go outside the town and shake off the dust from your feet. This will be a warning to them."
Luk 9:6 So the delegates went out, traveling through each village. They told the Good News and healed people everywhere.
Luk 9:7 Herod Antipas, the ruler, heard about all these things which were happening. He was confused, because some people said, "John has come back to life!"
Luk 9:8 Others said, "Elijah has appeared!" And some others said, "One of the prophets from long ago has risen from death."
Luk 9:9 Herod said, "I cut off John’s head. So who is this man I hear such things about?" Herod kept trying to see Jesus.
Luk 9:10 The delegates came back. They told Jesus what they had done on their trip. Then Jesus took them away to a town called Bethsaida where they could be all alone.
Luk 9:11 But the crowds found out where Jesus had gone and they followed him. Jesus welcomed them and began to talk with them about God’s kingdom. He healed the people who were sick.
Luk 9:12 Late in the afternoon the twelve delegates came to Jesus and said, "No one lives here. Send the people away. They need to find food and places to sleep in the farms and small towns around here."
Luk 9:13 But Jesus said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish. Do you want us to go buy some food for all these people?"
Luk 9:14 (There were about 5,000 men there.) Jesus said to his students, "Have them sit down in groups of about 50."
Luk 9:15 So the students did this and all the people sat down.
Luk 9:16 Then Jesus took the five loaves of bread and two fish. He looked up to heaven. Jesus thanked God for the food and divided it. Then he began giving the food to the students. The students gave it to the crowd.
Luk 9:17 Everyone ate and was satisfied. They gathered up all the pieces of food which were left over. They filled twelve large baskets with them.
Luk 9:18 One time when Jesus was all alone praying, his students came together. Jesus asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"
Luk 9:19 The students answered, "Some people say you are John (the one who immersed people). Others say you are Elijah. And some people say you are one of the prophets from long ago who has come back to life."
Luk 9:20 Then Jesus said to his students, "But who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are God’s Messiah."
Luk 9:21 Jesus warned them not to tell this to anyone. Then Jesus said,
Luk 9:22 "I must suffer many things. I will be rejected by the Jewish elders, the most important priests, and the teachers of the law. I will be killed. However, after three days I will be raised from death."
Luk 9:23 Jesus kept saying to all of them, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must carry his cross every day. He must say no to himself, and follow me.
Luk 9:24 The person who wants to save his life will lose it, but every person who gives his life to others for me will save it.
Luk 9:25 What good is it if a person gets the whole world but loses or wrecks his own life?
Luk 9:26 If a person is ashamed of me or my words, then I will be ashamed of him when I come with my glory and the glory of my Father and the holy angels.
Luk 9:27 I am telling you the truth: there are some people standing here who will see the kingdom of God before they die!"
Luk 9:28 After saying these things, about eight days later, Jesus took Peter, Jacob, and John and went up on top of a mountain to pray.
Luk 9:29 While Jesus was praying, his appearance began to change. His clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
Luk 9:30 Suddenly, two men were talking with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah.
Luk 9:31 Moses and Elijah were shining brightly too. They were talking with Jesus about his death which was about to be fulfilled in Jerusalem.
Luk 9:32 Peter and the others were deep in sleep but they woke up and saw the glory of Jesus. They also saw the two men who were standing with Jesus.
Luk 9:33 As Moses and Elijah were about to leave, Peter said, "Teacher, it is good that we are here. We will set up three holy tents — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Peter didn’t know what he was saying.)
Luk 9:34 While Peter was saying these things, a cloud came all around them. Peter, Jacob, and John became afraid when the cloud covered them.
Luk 9:35 A Voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is My Son; he is My chosen one. Listen to what he says!"
Luk 9:36 When the Voice finished, only Jesus was there. Peter, Jacob, and John said nothing. At that time they told no one about what they had seen.
Luk 9:37 The next day they came down from the mountain. A large group of people met Jesus.
Luk 9:38 A man from the crowd cried out to Jesus, "Teacher, please come and look at my son. He is the only child I have.
Luk 9:39 An evil spirit gets hold of my son and suddenly he shouts. He loses control of himself and he foams at the mouth. It hurts him and it will almost never leave him.
Luk 9:40 I begged your students to make it leave him, but they were not able to do this."
Luk 9:41 Jesus answered, "You people are a generation with no faith. You are disobedient. How long must I be with you and put up with you?" Then Jesus said to the man, "Bring your son here."
Luk 9:42 While the boy was coming, the demon threw him on the ground. The boy lost control of himself. Jesus gave a command to the evil spirit and healed the boy. Then Jesus gave him back to his father.
Luk 9:43 All of the people were shocked at the great power of God. The people were still amazed about all of the things which Jesus was doing. Jesus said to his students,
Luk 9:44 "Remember these words: I am about to be handed over to some men."
Luk 9:45 But the students did not know what Jesus meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they couldn’t understand it, but they were afraid to ask Jesus about what he had said.
Luk 9:46 The delegates began to have an argument about which one of them was the most important.
Luk 9:47 Jesus understood what the argument was about. He knew what was in their hearts. So he took a little child and stood the child beside him.
Luk 9:48 Then Jesus said to them, "The person who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me. And when a person welcomes me, this person welcomes the One who sent me. The one who is the most humble among you is the most important person."
Luk 9:49 John answered, "Teacher, we saw someone who was casting demons out by using your name. We kept telling him to stop because he is not one of your students as we are."
Luk 9:50 Jesus said to him, "Don’t stop him, because if someone is not against you — he is for you."
Luk 9:51 The time was coming near when Jesus would leave and go back up to heaven. He traveled toward Jerusalem.
Luk 9:52 Jesus sent some men ahead of him. The men went into a village in Samaria to make everything ready for Jesus.
Luk 9:53 But the people there would not welcome him because he was heading toward Jerusalem.
Luk 9:54 Jacob and John, the students of Jesus, saw this. They asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven and burn up these people as Elijah did?"
Luk 9:55 But Jesus turned and reprimanded them. Jesus answered, "You don’t know what kind of spirit that you have. The Son of Man did not come to destroy the souls of men, but to save them."
Luk 9:56 They all went to another village.
Luk 9:57 As they were all traveling along the road, someone said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go!"
Luk 9:58 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes to live in. The wild birds have nests. I have no place where I may rest my head."
Luk 9:59 Jesus said to another man, "Follow me!" But the man answered, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
Luk 9:60 But Jesus said to him, "Let the ‘dead’ bury their own dead! You must go and tell about the kingdom of God."
Luk 9:61 Another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say goodbye to my family."
Luk 9:62 Jesus said, "If anyone begins to plow a field but then looks back, he is not qualified for the kingdom of God."
Luk 10:1 After this, the Lord Jesus chose 72 more men. He sent the men out in pairs ahead of him into every town and place where he was planning to go.
Luk 10:2 Jesus said to them, "The harvest is great but there are not many workers. Pray that the Owner of the harvest will send more workers out into the harvest field.
Luk 10:3 So you may go now. But listen, I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves.
Luk 10:4 Don’t carry a pack, a bag, or extra shoes. Don’t stop to talk with people along the road.
Luk 10:5 Before you go into a house, say, ‘Peace be to this home.’
Luk 10:6 If a peaceful man lives there, your blessing of peace will stay upon him. However, if he is not peaceful, then your blessing of peace will come back upon you.
Luk 10:7 Stay in the peaceful house. Eat and drink what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don’t move from that house to stay in another house.
Luk 10:8 If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat what they give you.
Luk 10:9 "Heal the sick people who live there. Then tell them: ‘The kingdom of God is very near to you!’
Luk 10:10 But if you go into a town and the people don’t welcome you, then go out into the streets of that town and say:
Luk 10:11 ‘Even the dust from your town which sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But know this: the kingdom of God is very near!’
Luk 10:12 I tell you, on the Judgment Day, God will punish the people of that town more than He will punish the people of Sodom!
Luk 10:13 "How horrible it will be for you, O town of Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! Many miracles have occurred in you. If these same miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, then those people in Tyre and Sidon would have changed their hearts and actions long ago.
Luk 10:14 But on the Judgment Day, God will punish you more than the people of Tyre and Sidon.
Luk 10:15 And you, Capernaum, do you think you will be lifted up to heaven? You will be thrown down to Hades!
Luk 10:16 When a person listens to what you say, he is really listening to me. When a person rejects you, I am the one he is rejecting. When a person rejects me, he is actually rejecting the One who sent me."
Luk 10:17 When the 72 men returned, they were very happy. They said, "Lord, when we used your name, even the demons obeyed us!"
Luk 10:18 Jesus said to them, "I was watching Satan fall, as lightning falls from the sky.
Luk 10:19 Listen! I have given you the authority to walk on dangerous snakes and scorpions — even more power than the enemy has. Nothing will ever hurt you!
Luk 10:20 The evil spirits obey you. This is true, but don’t be happy for that reason. Instead, be happy because your names are written in heaven."
Luk 10:21 In that hour the Holy Spirit made Jesus rejoice. Jesus said, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise You because You have hidden these teachings from the ‘wise’ and ‘intelligent’ people, yet You reveal Your teachings to little children. Yes, Father, I praise You because this is what You really wanted to do.
Luk 10:22 "My Father has given me all things. Only the Father knows who the Son is. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people who will know about the Father are those whom the Son chooses to tell."
Luk 10:23 Then Jesus turned to his students who were there alone with him. Jesus said, "You are very blessed to see what you now see!
Luk 10:24 I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see what you now see. And many prophets and kings wanted to hear what you now hear but they didn’t."
Luk 10:25 Then a teacher of the law stood up. (He was trying to test Jesus.) He asked Jesus, "Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?"
Luk 10:26 Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"
Luk 10:27 The man answered, "‘You must give yourself to the Lord your God, for His good, expecting nothing in return, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.’ Also, ‘You must give yourself to your neighbor, for his good, expecting nothing in return, the same way you do to yourself.’"
Luk 10:28 Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will have life forever."
Luk 10:29 But the man wanted to make himself look good. So he said to Jesus, "But ... who is my neighbor?"
Luk 10:30 Jesus understood what the man meant. So Jesus said, "A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some bandits surrounded him. They tore off his clothes and beat him up. Then they left him lying there on the ground. He was almost dead.
Luk 10:31 By chance, a Jewish priest was going down that same road. When the priest saw the man, he just walked away.
Luk 10:32 Next, a Levite came to the spot too. The Levite saw him but he went around him; he also walked away.
Luk 10:33 A Samaritan man was traveling down the road. He came to the place where the man was lying. When he saw the man, he felt sorry for him.
Luk 10:34 The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine on his wounds. Then he bandaged the man’s wounds. "The Samaritan had a donkey. He put the man on his donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him.
Luk 10:35 The next day the Samaritan brought out two silver coins and gave them to the person who worked at the inn. The Samaritan said, ‘Take care of this man. If you spend any more money on him than this, I’ll pay you back when I return.’"
Luk 10:36 Then Jesus said, "Which one of these three men do you think was a real neighbor to the one who was hurt by the thieves?"
Luk 10:37 The teacher of the law answered, "The one who showed mercy to him." Jesus said to him, "Then you go and do the same thing!"
Luk 10:38 While Jesus and his students were traveling, Jesus went into a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him.
Luk 10:39 Martha had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to his message but her sister Martha was doing the housework.
Luk 10:40 Martha became angry because she had so much work to do. She went in and said, "Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me alone to do all the housework? Tell her to help me!"
Luk 10:41 But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are getting worried and upset about too many things.
Luk 10:42 Only one thing is important. Mary has made the right choice; and this will never be taken away from her."
Luk 11:1 One time Jesus was somewhere praying. When he stopped, one of his students said to him, "John taught his students how to pray. Lord, please teach us how to pray too."
Luk 11:2 Jesus said to them, "When you pray, pray like this: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, may Your name always be kept holy. May Your kingdom come. May Your will be done in earth as in heaven.
Luk 11:3 Give us the food we need each day.
Luk 11:4 Forgive us of the sins we have committed because we, too, forgive everyone who has done wrong to us. And don’t lead us into temptation, but rescue us from evil.’"
Luk 11:5 Then Jesus said to them, "Suppose one of you went to your friend’s house in the middle of the night and said to him, ‘A friend of mine has come into town to visit me but I have nothing for him to eat. Please give me three loaves of bread.’
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Luk 11:7 Your friend inside the house answers, ‘Go away! Don’t bother me! The door is already locked. My children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you.’
Luk 11:8 I tell you, perhaps friendship is not enough to make him get up to give you the bread. However, he will surely get up to give you what you need because you are not ashamed to continue asking.
Luk 11:9 So I tell you, continue asking and it will be given to you. Keep searching and you will find. Knock and the door will open for you.
Luk 11:10 You will receive if you will always ask. You will find if you keep looking. And the door will open for you if you continue knocking.
Luk 11:11 "Do any of you have a son? What would you do if your son asked you for a fish? Would any father give his son a snake? No, you would give him a fish.
Luk 11:12 Or if your son asks for an egg, would you give him a scorpion?
Luk 11:13 You are evil men, yet you know how to give good gifts to your children. Surely your heavenly Father knows how to give the Holy Spirit to those people who ask Him."
Luk 11:14 One time Jesus was casting a demon out of a man who couldn’t talk. When the demon came out, the man was able to speak. The crowds were amazed.
Luk 11:15 But some of the people said, "Jesus throws demons out by using the power of Beelzebub, the ruler of demons."
Luk 11:16 Other people were trying to make Jesus prove that he came from God.
Luk 11:17 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said to them, "Every kingdom which is divided against itself will be ruined. And a family that does not work together will break apart.
Luk 11:18 So if Satan is fighting against himself, then he is divided. How could his kingdom stay together? You claim that I throw out demons by using the power of Beelzebub;
Luk 11:19 but if I cast out demons by using the power of Beelzebub, than by whose power do your own sons cast them out? Because of this, your own people prove you are wrong.
Luk 11:20 However, if it is true that I use the finger of God to cast out demons, then God’s kingdom has come upon you!
Luk 11:21 "When a strong man guards his own house with many weapons, his house is safe.
Luk 11:22 But suppose a stronger man comes and defeats him. The stronger man will take away the weapons in which the first man had trusted to keep his house safe. Then the stronger man will keep the things he wants.
Luk 11:23 If a person is not with me, he is against me. The person, who does not work with me, scatters.
Luk 11:24 "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through dry places looking for a place to rest. If the spirit does not find a place, it says, ‘I will go back to the house from which I came.’
Luk 11:25 And so it goes and finds that house cleaned up and orderly.
Luk 11:26 Then the evil spirit goes and brings seven other spirits worse than itself. They go into that man and live there. And that man has even more trouble than he had before."
Luk 11:27 When Jesus said these things, a woman from the crowd spoke up, "Your mother, who gave birth to you and nursed you, must be very happy!"
Luk 11:28 But Jesus said, "The people who hear the message of God and keep it are the ones who are truly happy!"
Luk 11:29 The group of people grew larger and larger. Jesus said, "The people living today are evil. They ask for proof from God but no proof will be given to them except the Jonah miracle.
Luk 11:30 Jonah’s coming was a warning to those people who lived in the city of Nineveh. It is the same with me. I am the warning to the people of this time.
Luk 11:31 "The Queen of Sheba will rise up on the Judgment Day with the men of this time and she will condemn them. Why? Because she came a very long way to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, yet I am greater than Solomon!
Luk 11:32 On the Judgment Day the men from the city of Nineveh will condemn the people of this time because when Jonah preached to them, they changed their hearts. I am greater than Jonah!
Luk 11:33 "No one puts a light under a basket and hides it. Instead, a person puts the light on the table so that everyone who comes in may see.
Luk 11:34 Your eye is like a lamp for the body. When your eye sees clearly, the whole body is made bright. However, if your eye is dark with sin, then your whole body is dark.
Luk 11:35 So be careful! Don’t let the light in you become dark.
Luk 11:36 If your whole body is bright, and none of it is dark, then you will shine brightly as lightning does."
Luk 11:37 While Jesus spoke, a Pharisee asked Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus came and sat at the table.
Luk 11:38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus didn’t wash his hands before the meal.
Luk 11:39 The Lord Jesus said to him, "You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are greedy and full of evil.
Luk 11:40 You are foolish! The same One who made the outside of you also made the inside.
Luk 11:41 The next time you give to the poor people, give yourself (heart) too. Then you will be completely clean.
Luk 11:42 "But it will be horrible for you, you Pharisees! It is true that you give God ten percent of everything you have. You even give Him ten percent of all the little plants in your gardens — mint, rue, or other seasoning herbs, but you forget to give to Him, for His good, expecting nothing in return, and you forget to be fair to other people. You should always tithe, but you must remember to do the more important things too.
Luk 11:43 "It will be horrible for you, you Pharisees, because you give yourselves to things, to have the most important seats in the houses of worship. You give yourselves to feelings, to have the respect that people give you in the marketplaces.
Luk 11:44 It will be horrible for you because you are like hidden graves. People walk on them without knowing it."
Luk 11:45 One of the teachers of the law said to Jesus, "Teacher, when you say these things about the Pharisees, you are insulting our group too."
Luk 11:46 Jesus answered, "It will be horrible for you too, you teachers of the law! You put heavy loads on people which are hard for them to carry, but you yourselves don’t even begin to help people carry those loads.
Luk 11:47 It will be horrible for you because you build tombs for the prophets, but these are the same prophets whom your ancestors killed!
Luk 11:48 And now you show everyone that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build tombs for the prophets!
Luk 11:49 "This is why the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send prophets and delegates to them. Some of my prophets and delegates will be killed by evil men. Others will be hunted down.’
Luk 11:50 But you people will have to answer for the deaths of all the prophets who were killed since the beginning of the world.
Luk 11:51 You will have to answer for everything from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah. (Zechariah was killed between the altar and the temple.)
Luk 11:52 It will be horrible for you, you teachers of the law! You have hidden the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn and you also stopped others from learning."
Luk 11:53 As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees began to give him a lot of trouble. They asked Jesus questions about many things.
Luk 11:54 They hoped that Jesus would say something wrong. They were trying to trap him with something that he might say.
Luk 12:1 Many thousands of people came together. There were so many people that they were stepping on each other. Before Jesus began to speak to the people, he said to his students, "Be careful of the yeast of the Pharisees — they act as if they are good men, but they are not.
Luk 12:2 Everything which is hidden will be found out, and everything that is secret will be made known.
Luk 12:3 The things you say in the dark will be heard in the light. The things you whisper in secret rooms will be proclaimed from the tops of houses."
Luk 12:4 "I tell you, my children, don’t be afraid of people. People can kill the body but, after that, they can do nothing more to hurt you.
Luk 12:5 I will show you the One for whom to have awesome respect. You should have awesome respect for God who has authority over you to throw you into hell after you die. Yes, I tell you, He is the One you should have awesome respect for.
Luk 12:6 Five sparrows are sold for only a few small coins, but God doesn’t forget about any of them.
Luk 12:7 Yes, God even knows how many hairs you have on your head. Don’t be afraid. You are worth much more than many sparrows.
Luk 12:8 "I tell you, if anyone says he believes in me in front of other people, then I will speak for him in front of the angels of God.
Luk 12:9 But if anyone denies me in front of people, then I will deny him in front of the angels of God.
Luk 12:10 If a person says something against me, he may be forgiven. However, a person who says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Luk 12:11 "When people bring you into the houses of worship before the leaders and other men with authority, don’t worry about how you will answer their questions. Don’t worry about what you will say.
Luk 12:12 At that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say."
Luk 12:13 One of the men in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to share my father’s money with me!"
Luk 12:14 But Jesus said to him, "Sir, no one chose me to be a judge between you two."
Luk 12:15 Then Jesus said to them, "Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. A person’s life is not measured by the things he owns."
Luk 12:16 Then Jesus used this example: "There was a rich man who had some land which grew a very good crop.
Luk 12:17 The rich man was thinking to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place in which to keep all my crops.’
Luk 12:18 Then the rich man said, ‘I know what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones! I will put together all of my wheat and good things in my new barns.
Luk 12:19 Then I can say to myself, "I have many good things stored. I have saved enough for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!".’
Luk 12:20 But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared? Who will own those things now?’
Luk 12:21 "This is how it will be for the one who saves things only for himself. To God he is not rich."
Luk 12:22 Jesus said to his students, "I say this to you because you shouldn’t worry about what you will eat to stay alive. You shouldn’t worry about what clothes you will wear.
Luk 12:23 You shouldn’t worry, because life is more important than food. The body is more important than clothes.
Luk 12:24 "Notice the birds: they don’t plant seeds or harvest them. Birds do not store their food in barns, yet God takes care of them. And you are worth so much more than birds.
Luk 12:25 None of you can grow a half meter taller by worrying about it.
Luk 12:26 If you cannot do a little thing like that, then why worry about the big things?
Luk 12:27 Notice how the wild flowers grow. They don’t work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you, even Solomon, with all his beautiful clothes, was not dressed as well as one of these flowers.
Luk 12:28 Why do you have so little faith? Look at how well God clothes the grass in the fields, but the grass is here today and thrown into the oven tomorrow to be burned. Wouldn’t God dress you so much better? You are much more important than the grass in the fields. Don’t have so little faith!
Luk 12:29 "So don’t be wondering or worrying about what you will eat or what you will drink.
Luk 12:30 People without God put all these things first but your heavenly Father knows you need these things.
Luk 12:31 So put His kingdom first and all of the things you need will be given to you.
Luk 12:32 "Don’t be afraid, little flock, your heavenly Father wants to give you the kingdom.
Luk 12:33 Sell the things you have and give that money to people who need it. Money does not last so don’t trust in it. Let your riches be the treasure which is in heaven where it will never be stolen or destroyed.
Luk 12:34 The place where your treasure is will also be the place where your heart is.
Luk 12:35 "Be ready; be completely dressed and have your lights on.
Luk 12:36 Be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from a wedding party. The master comes and knocks. The slaves open the door for the master.
Luk 12:37 Those slaves will be blessed when their master comes home because he sees that his slaves are ready for him. I am telling you the truth: the master will dress for work and tell the slaves to sit at the table. Then the master will come and serve them.
Luk 12:38 Those slaves might have to wait all night long for their master, but they will be happy when their master comes in and finds them still waiting.
Luk 12:39 "Pay attention to this: suppose a man has a house. If the man knew the exact time a thief would come to rob him, the man would not allow the thief to break into his house.
Luk 12:40 So be ready! I will come at a time when you don’t expect me!"
Luk 12:41 Peter said, "Lord, did you give this example for us or for everyone?"
Luk 12:42 The Lord Jesus said, "Well, who is the wise and trusted servant? Who is the servant whom the master can choose to take care of the master’s family and the other servants, to give out the proper amount of food at the right time?
Luk 12:43 When the master comes and finds him doing the work he gave him, that slave will be very happy.
Luk 12:44 I am telling the truth: the master will choose him to take care of everything the master owns.
Luk 12:45 "But if that slave thinks that his master will not come back soon, then he will begin to beat the other slaves, both men and women. He will also eat too much and get drunk.
Luk 12:46 Then the master of that slave will come when he is not ready, at a time when he is not expecting the master. Then the master will punish him and send him away. This is what the master does to all of the slaves he cannot trust.
Luk 12:47 That slave knew what his master wanted him to do but he didn’t try to do it. So he will be punished with a hard whipping!
Luk 12:48 What about the slave who didn’t know what his master wanted? Although the slave did things which deserve punishment, he will get less punishment. Any person who has been given much will be responsible for much. Much more will be expected from the person who has been given more.
Luk 12:49 "I came to set the world on fire; I wish it were already burning!
Luk 12:50 I must be immersed with one more immersion; how hard pressed I feel until it is finished!
Luk 12:51 Do you think I came to bring peace to the world? No! I came to divide the world!
Luk 12:52 From now on a family with five people will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
Luk 12:53 A father and son will be divided: the son will be against his father; the father will be against his son. A mother and her daughter will be divided: the daughter will be against her mother; the mother will be against her daughter. A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law will be divided: the daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law; the mother-in-law will be against her daughter-in-law."
Luk 12:54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, "When you see clouds in the west growing bigger, immediately you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming.’ And soon it starts to rain.
Luk 12:55 When you feel the wind begin to blow from the south, you say, ‘It will be a hot day.’ And it happens.
Luk 12:56 You hypocrites! You can understand the weather but you don’t know the importance of what is happening now.
Luk 12:57 Can’t you decide for yourselves what is right?
Luk 12:58 "When a person is suing you, and you are going with him to court, try hard to settle it on the way to court. If you don’t, then he may take you to the judge, and the judge will throw you in jail.
Luk 12:59 And you will never get out of there until they have taken everything you have."
Luk 13:1 At that time some people came to Jesus. They told Jesus about what had happened to some people from the Galilee: Pilate had killed those people while they were worshipping, mixing their own blood with the blood of the animals that they were sacrificing.
Luk 13:2 Jesus answered, "Do you think this happened to those Galileans because they were more sinful than all others from the Galilee?
Luk 13:3 No, they were not! However, I am telling you, if all of you don’t change your hearts, then you will be destroyed as they were!
Luk 13:4 What about those 18 people who died when the tower of Siloam fell on them? Do you think those people were more sinful than all others who live in Jerusalem?
Luk 13:5 They were not! But I tell you, if all of you don’t change your hearts, then you will be destroyed too!"
Luk 13:6 Jesus gave this example: "A man had a fig tree. He planted the tree in his field. The man came looking for some fruit on the tree but he found none.
Luk 13:7 So the man said to his servant who took care of the field, ‘Listen, I have been looking for fruit on this fig tree for three years but I never find any. Chop it down! Why should it waste the ground?’
Luk 13:8 But the servant answered, ‘Master, let the tree have one more year to produce fruit. Let me dig up the dirt around it and put on some fertilizer.
Luk 13:9 Perhaps the tree will yield fruit next year. If it still does not produce, then you can chop it down.’"
Luk 13:10 Jesus was teaching in one of the houses of worship on the Sabbath day.
Luk 13:11 In that house of worship there was a woman who had a spirit that made her sick for 18 years. Her back was always bent; she couldn’t stand up straight.
Luk 13:12 When Jesus saw her, he called to her, "Woman, your sickness has left you!"
Luk 13:13 Jesus put his hands on her. Immediately she was able to stand upright. She began to praise God.
Luk 13:14 The house of worship leader was angry because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day. The leader began to say to the crowds, "There are six days for work, so come to be healed on one of those days. Do not come for healing on the Sabbath day!"
Luk 13:15 The Lord Jesus answered, "You hypocrites! All of you untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and lead them to drink water every day — even on the Sabbath day!
Luk 13:16 This woman whom I healed is our Jewish sister but Satan has held her for 18 years. Why can’t she be untied from her sickness on the Sabbath day?"
Luk 13:17 When Jesus said this, all the people who were opposing him felt ashamed of themselves. The whole crowd was happy. They were thanking God for the wonderful things Jesus was doing.
Luk 13:18 Then Jesus said, "What is God’s kingdom like? With what can I compare it?
Luk 13:19 God’s kingdom is like the seed of the mustard plant. A person plants this seed in his garden. The seed grows and becomes a large tree. The wild birds build nests among its branches."
Luk 13:20 Again Jesus said, "With what can I compare God’s kingdom?
Luk 13:21 It is like yeast which a woman puts into a tub of flour to make the bread rise."
Luk 13:22 Jesus was teaching in every town and village. He continued to travel toward Jerusalem.
Luk 13:23 Someone asked Jesus, "Lord, how many people will be saved? Only a few?" Jesus said,
Luk 13:24 "Try hard to get through the narrow door! I tell you, many people will try to get in, but most of them won’t be strong enough to enter.
Luk 13:25 If a man locks the door of his house, then you can stand outside and knock on the door but he won’t open it. You can say, ‘Master! Open the door for us!’ But the man will answer, ‘I don’t know where you come from!’
Luk 13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank with you. You taught in the streets of our town.’
Luk 13:27 Then he will say to you, ‘Where do you come from? I don’t know you. Go away from me! All of you are troublemakers!’
Luk 13:28 You will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all of the prophets in God’s kingdom, but you won’t be allowed to come in. Then you will scream and grind your teeth.
Luk 13:29 People will come from the east, west, north, and south. They will sit down at the table in the kingdom of God.
Luk 13:30 Those who seem as though they are not important now will be important at that time. Those who seem important now will not be important then."
Luk 13:31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, "Go away from here and hide! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!"
Luk 13:32 Jesus said to them, "Go tell that fox: ‘Listen, today and tomorrow I am throwing out demons and finishing my work of healing. Then the next day the work will be finished.
Luk 13:33 I must keep going today, tomorrow, and the next day for all prophets should die in Jerusalem.’
Luk 13:34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You killed the prophets. God sent you His men but you stoned them to death. I have often wanted to gather up your people like a hen gathers her baby chicks under her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
Luk 13:35 Listen! Your house is completely empty. I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, ‘Praise be to the one who is coming with the authority of the Lord God.’"
Luk 14:1 During a Sabbath day Jesus went to the home of an important Pharisee to eat with him. The Pharisees were all watching Jesus very closely.
Luk 14:2 A man had a swelling disease. He was put before Jesus.
Luk 14:3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, "Is it right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath day?"
Luk 14:4 But they kept quiet. So Jesus took the man and healed him. Then he sent the man away.
Luk 14:5 Jesus said to them, "If your son or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you know that you would quickly pull him out."
Luk 14:6 The Pharisees and teachers of the law were not able to say anything against what Jesus said.
Luk 14:7 Then Jesus noticed that some of the guests were choosing the best places to sit. So Jesus gave this example:
Luk 14:8 "When a person invites you to a wedding, don’t sit in the most important seat. He may have invited someone more important than you.
Luk 14:9 If you do sit in the most important seat, then the one who invited you may come to you and say, ‘Give this man your seat!’ Then you will start to move down to the last place. And you will be very embarrassed.
Luk 14:10 Instead, when a person invites you, go sit in the seat which is least important. The one who invited you will come to you and say, ‘Friend, move up here to a more important seat!’ Then all of the other guests will respect you.
Luk 14:11 Every person who acts as if he is important will be made ashamed, but every person who truly humbles himself will be made important."
Luk 14:12 Then Jesus said to the Pharisee who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, don’t invite only your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. They will just invite you back to eat with them. Then you will have your reward.
Luk 14:13 Instead, when you give a party, invite the poor people, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
Luk 14:14 Then you will be happy because these people cannot pay you back. They have nothing. However, you will be rewarded when those being made right rise from death."
Luk 14:15 One of the men at the table with Jesus heard these things. The man said to Jesus, "A person who eats bread in God’s kingdom will be very happy!"
Luk 14:16 Jesus said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner. He invited many people.
Luk 14:17 When it was time to eat, the man sent his slave to tell the guests, saying, ‘Come! Dinner is ready!’
Luk 14:18 But all the guests said they couldn’t come. Each man gave an excuse. The first man said to him, ‘I have just bought a field; I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’
Luk 14:19 Another man said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen; I must go and try them out. Please excuse me.’
Luk 14:20 A third man said, ‘I have just gotten married; I can’t come.’
Luk 14:21 "So the slave returned. He told his master what had happened. Then the master became angry and said, ‘Hurry! Go into the streets and alleys of the town. Bring me the poor people, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Luk 14:22 Later, the slave said to him, ‘Master, I did what you told me to do, but we still have room for more people!’
Luk 14:23 The master said to the slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads. Make them come. I want my house to be full!
Luk 14:24 I tell you, none of those men I invited first will ever eat with me!’"
Luk 14:25 Many people were traveling with Jesus. He turned around and said to them,
Luk 14:26 "If someone comes to me, yet that person prefers his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters more than he prefers me, he cannot be my student. A person must prefer me more than he prefers himself!
Luk 14:27 The person who does not carry his own cross cannot be my student.
Luk 14:28 "If you wanted to build a building, you would sit down first and add up how much it would cost to see if you had enough money to finish the job.
Luk 14:29 If you didn’t do that, you might begin the work but you wouldn’t be able to finish it. Then all of the people watching you would laugh at you.
Luk 14:30 They would say, ‘This man began to build but he wasn’t able to finish!’
Luk 14:31 "If a king is going to fight against another king, first he will sit down and plan. If the king has only 10,000 men, he will see if he is able to defeat the other king who is opposing him with 20,000 men.
Luk 14:32 If he cannot defeat the other king, then he will send a group of men to ask for terms of peace from the other king while he is far away.
Luk 14:33 In the same way all of you must first count the cost. You must give up everything you have for me. If you don’t, you cannot be my student!
Luk 14:34 "Salt is a good thing but if the salt loses its salty taste, then it is no good. You cannot make it salty again.
Luk 14:35 You can’t even use it for dirt or fertilizer. People just throw it away. The person who has ears to hear with should use them!"
Luk 15:1 Tax collectors and "sinners" all came near to listen to Jesus.
Luk 15:2 Then the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to complain, "This man welcomes sinners! He even eats with them!"
Luk 15:3 Then Jesus gave them this example:
Luk 15:4 "Suppose a man has 100 sheep but he loses one of them. He will leave the other 99 sheep in the open country, and go out and look for the lost one. The man will continue to search for the lost sheep until he finds it.
Luk 15:5 And when he finds the sheep, the man is very happy. The man carries it home on his shoulders.
Luk 15:6 He goes to his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I found my lost sheep!’
Luk 15:7 I tell you, there is much joy in heaven when one sinner changes his heart. There is more joy for that one sinner than there is for 99 good people who don’t need to change their hearts.
Luk 15:8 "Suppose a woman has ten silver coins but she loses one of them. The woman gets a light and sweeps the house. She will look carefully for the coin until she finds it.
Luk 15:9 And when she finds the lost coin, she will call her friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin which I lost!’
Luk 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there will be joy before the angels of God when one sinner changes his heart."
Luk 15:11 Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.
Luk 15:12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my part of all our holdings!’ So the father divided the property with his two sons.
Luk 15:13 Not long afterward the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country. There the son wasted his money like a fool;
Luk 15:14 he spent everything he had. Then the land became very dry and it did not rain. There was not enough food to eat anywhere in that country. He began to starve.
Luk 15:15 So he went and got a job with one of the important men of that country. The man sent him into the fields to feed pigs.
Luk 15:16 The boy was so hungry that he wanted to stuff himself with the food which the pigs were eating. No one was giving him anything.
Luk 15:17 "Finally, the boy realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food; yet here I am about to die because I have nothing to eat.
Luk 15:18 I will get up and go to my father. I will say to him: "Father, I sinned against God and in front of you.
Luk 15:19 I’m not worthy to be called your son anymore. Treat me as one of your paid servants."‘
Luk 15:20 So the son got up and went to his father. "While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. He felt sorry for his son. So the father ran to him. He hugged and kissed his son.
Luk 15:21 The son said, ‘Father, I sinned against God and in front of you. I’m not worthy to be called your son anymore.’
Luk 15:22 But the father said to his slaves, ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe and dress him. Put a ring on his finger and good shoes on his feet too.
Luk 15:23 Bring our fattened calf. We will kill it and have plenty to eat. Then we can have a party!
Luk 15:24 My son was dead, but now he is alive again. He was lost, but now he is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
Luk 15:25 "The older son was in the field. As he came closer to the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing.
Luk 15:26 So the older son called to one of the servant boys and asked, ‘What does all this mean?’
Luk 15:27 The servant said, ‘Your brother has come back. Your father killed the fattened calf for him to eat. Your father was happy because your brother came back home safely!’
Luk 15:28 The older son was angry and wouldn’t go inside to join the party so his father went out to beg him to come in.
Luk 15:29 But the son said to his father, ‘Look, I have served you like a slave for many years! I have obeyed every one of your commands but you never even killed a goat for me so that I could have a party with my friends.
Luk 15:30 But this other son of yours has wasted all of your money on whores. Then he comes home and you kill the fattened calf for him!’
Luk 15:31 "But the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me. All that I have is yours.
Luk 15:32 We must be happy and celebrate, because your brother was dead but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found!’"
Luk 16:1 Jesus said to his students, "Once there was a rich man who hired a manager to take care of his business. Later the rich man learned that his manager was cheating him.
Luk 16:2 So he called in the manager and said to him, ‘I have heard some bad things about you. Give me a report of what you have done with my money. You’re fired!’
Luk 16:3 Later, the manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do? My master is taking my job away from me! I’m not strong enough to dig ditches, and I’m too proud to beg.
Luk 16:4 I know what I will do! I will do something so that, when I lose my job, other people will welcome me into their homes.’ "So the manager called in each person who owed the master some money. He said to the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
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Luk 16:6 The man answered, ‘I owe him 100 barrels of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill; hurry, sit down and change it to 50 barrels.’
Luk 16:7 Then the manager said to another man, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ The man answered, ‘I owe him 1,000 bushels of wheat.’ Then the manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill; change it to 800 bushels.’
Luk 16:8 The master learned about this later. The master thought the dishonest manager had done a shrewd thing. Worldly people use their knowledge about worldly things better than spiritual people do.
Luk 16:9 "I ask you, should you make friends for yourselves with dishonest money? When the money is all gone, can they welcome you into homes which last forever?
Luk 16:10 I tell you, if a person can be trusted with small things, he may also be trusted with big things. If a person is dishonest in little things, then he will be dishonest in big things too.
Luk 16:11 If you cannot be trusted with worldly money, no one will trust you with true wealth.
Luk 16:12 And if you cannot be trusted with the things which belong to someone else, then no one will give you things for yourself.
Luk 16:13 "No slave can serve two masters at the same time. The slave will give himself to one, for his good, expecting nothing in return, over the other. Or, he will be more loyal to one and look down on the other. You cannot be a slave for God and Money at the same time."
Luk 16:14 The Pharisees were listening to all these things. They were criticizing Jesus, because they all loved money.
Luk 16:15 Jesus said to the Pharisees, "You make yourselves look good in front of people but God knows what is really in your hearts. The things which are very important to people are worthless to God.
Luk 16:16 "Until the time of John there was the law and the prophets. Since then, the Good News about the kingdom of God is being told. Everyone is trying hard to get into the kingdom of God.
Luk 16:17 Even the smallest part of the law cannot be changed. It would be easier for the world to pass away.
Luk 16:18 If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is committing unlawful sexual intercourse. And the man who marries a divorced woman is also committing unlawful sexual intercourse."
Luk 16:19 Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed up in the finest clothes. He was so rich that he was able to feast and have a party every day.
Luk 16:20 There was also a beggar named Lazarus. His body was covered with sores. He was often put at the rich man’s gate.
Luk 16:21 Lazarus only wanted to eat the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Instead, the dogs came and licked his sores!
Luk 16:22 "After a while, Lazarus died. The angels took Lazarus and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luk 16:23 He was sent to Hades and was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms.
Luk 16:24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!’
Luk 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘My child, do you remember when you lived on earth? You had all the good things in life but all the bad things happened to Lazarus. Now he is comforted here and you are suffering.
Luk 16:26 Also there is a great canyon set up between you and us. No one can cross over to help you; and no one can come over here from there.’
Luk 16:27 "The rich man said, ‘Then, father Abraham, please send Lazarus to my father’s house on earth!
Luk 16:28 I have five brothers. Lazarus could warn my brothers so that they won’t come to this place of pain.’
Luk 16:29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets to read; let them learn from that!’
Luk 16:30 But the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! If only someone could come back to them from death, then they would change their hearts.’
Luk 16:31 But Abraham said to him, ‘No! If your brothers won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, then they wouldn’t be persuaded by anyone who might come back from death!’"
Luk 17:1 Jesus said to his students, "Things will surely occur which will cause people to sin, but it will be horrible for the person who causes this to happen.
Luk 17:2 If he causes one of these little ones to sin, it would be better for him to drown with a big rock tied to his neck.
Luk 17:3 "Be careful! If your brother sins, tell him he is wrong; but if he changes his heart, forgive him.
Luk 17:4 If your brother does something wrong to you seven times in one day, but each time he says that he is sorry, then you should forgive him."
Luk 17:5 The delegates said to the Lord Jesus, "Give us more faith!"
Luk 17:6 The Lord said, "If your faith were the size of the seed of the mustard plant, then you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Dig yourself up and plant yourself in the sea!’ and the tree would obey you."
Luk 17:7 "Suppose one of you has a slave who has been working in the field, plowing the ground or caring for the sheep. When the slave comes in, what would you say to him? Would you say, ‘Hurry, come in! Sit down to eat!’?
Luk 17:8 No, you would say this to your slave: ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Then get dressed up and serve me. When I finish eating and drinking, then you may eat.’
Luk 17:9 The slave does not get any special thanks for doing his job. He is only doing what his master told him to do.
Luk 17:10 It is the same with you too. When you do all of the things you are told to do, you should think: ‘We are not good slaves; we have only done our duty and nothing more.’"
Luk 17:11 Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem, going from the Galilee through Samaria.
Luk 17:12 He came into a village. Ten men met him there. These men did not come close to Jesus because they all had leprosy.
Luk 17:13 But the men shouted to Jesus, "Jesus! Teacher! Take pity on us!"
Luk 17:14 When Jesus saw the men, he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." As the ten men were going to the priests, they were healed.
Luk 17:15 When one of the men saw that he had been healed, he went back to Jesus and praised God with a loud voice.
Luk 17:16 He bowed down at Jesus’ feet and thanked Jesus. (This man was a Samaritan.)
Luk 17:17 Jesus answered, "Ten men were healed; where are the other nine?
Luk 17:18 Is this Samaritan man the only one who came back to give glory to God?"
Luk 17:19 Then Jesus said to him, "Stand up! You may go. You were healed because you believed."
Luk 17:20 Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will the kingdom of God come?" Jesus answered, "God’s kingdom is not coming in such a way that you will be able to watch it.
Luk 17:21 People will not say, ‘Look, God’s kingdom is here!’ or, ‘There it is!’ No, God’s kingdom is inside of you."
Luk 17:22 Then Jesus said to his students, "The time will come when you will want very much to re-live one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.
Luk 17:23 People will say to you, ‘Look, there it is!’ or, ‘Look, here it is!’ Stay where you are; don’t go away and search."
Luk 17:24 "I will come again. On the day when I come, I will shine as lightning flashes across the sky.
Luk 17:25 But first I must suffer many things and be rejected by the people of this time.
Luk 17:26 "When I come again, it will be the same as it was when Noah lived.
Luk 17:27 In the time of Noah, people were eating, drinking, getting married, and giving their daughters away in marriage — even on the day when Noah entered the ship. Then the flood came and killed everyone else.
Luk 17:28 "It will be just like it was in the time of Lot. Those people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building houses.
Luk 17:29 The people were doing these things even on the day when Lot left Sodom. Then fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
Luk 17:30 "This is exactly how it will be when I come again.
Luk 17:31 On that day if a man is on his roof, he won’t have time to go inside and get his things. If a man is in the field, he must not go back home.
Luk 17:32 "Remember Lot’s wife.
Luk 17:33 The person who tries to save his life will lose it, but the person who gives his life to others will save it.
Luk 17:34 "I tell you, when I come again, there may be two men sleeping in one room: one man will be taken and the other man will be left.
Luk 17:35 There may be two women working together; one woman will be taken and the other will be left.
Luk 17:36 There will be two men in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left."
Luk 17:37 The students asked Jesus, "Where will this be, Lord?" Jesus answered, "People can always tell where a dead body is; they can see the vultures gathering."
Luk 18:1 Then Jesus used this story to teach the students that they should always pray and never give up:
Luk 18:2 "Once there was a judge in a town. He didn’t respect God. The judge didn’t care what people thought about him, either.
Luk 18:3 In that same town there was a woman who was a widow. The woman was always coming to this judge and saying, ‘There is a man who is trying to ruin me. Give me my rights!’
Luk 18:4 The judge didn’t want to help the woman. However, after a long time the judge thought to himself, ‘Even though I don’t respect God, and I don’t care what people think,
Luk 18:5 this woman is beginning to bother me. If I give her what she wants, then she will leave me alone. If I don’t give her what she wants, she will keep coming back until I get sick!’"
Luk 18:6 The Lord Jesus said, "Listen to what the bad judge said."
Luk 18:7 "God’s chosen people cry out to Him night and day. God will always give them what is right; He will not be slow to answer His people.
Luk 18:8 I am telling you, God will soon help His people! Nevertheless, when I come again, will I find people on earth who have faith in me?
Luk 18:9 There were some people who were sure that they were being made right on the
