Archives for March 2018

Luke 21(ESV) The Widow's Offering Jesus[a]looked up and saw the richputting their gifts intothe offering box,2and he saw a poor widow put in twosmall copper coins.[b]3And he said,"Truly, I tell you,this poor widow has put in more than all of them.4For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of herpoverty put in allshe had to live on." Jesus Foretells ...

Luke 20(ESV) The Authority of Jesus Challenged One day,as Jesus[a]was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel,the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up2and said to him, "Tell usby what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority."3He answered them,"I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,4was the bapti...

Luke 19(ESV) Jesus and Zacchaeus He entered Jericho and was passing through.2And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich.3Andhe was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature.4So he ran on ahead and climbed up intoa sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pas...

Luke 18(ESV) The Parable of the Persistent Widow And he told them a parable to the effect that they oughtalways to pray and notlose heart.2He said,"In a certain city there was a judge whoneither feared God nor respected man.3And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'4For a while he refused, but afterw...

Luke 17(ESV) Temptations to Sin And he said to his disciples,"Temptations to sin[a]aresure to come, butwoe to the one through whom they come!2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.[b]3Pay attention to yourselves!If your brother sins,rebuke him, and if...

Luke 16(ESV) The Parable of the Dishonest Manager He also said to the disciples,"There was a rich man who hada manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.2And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of yourmanagement, for you can no longer be manager.'3And the manager said to hims...

Luke 15(ESV) The Parable of the Lost Sheep Nowthe tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.2And the Pharisees and the scribesgrumbled, saying,"This man receives sinners andeats with them." 3So he told them this parable:4"What man of you, having a hundred sheep,if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-ninein the open country, andgo af...

Luke 14(ESV) Healing of a Man on the Sabbath One Sabbath,when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they werewatching him carefully.2And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.3And Jesus responded tothe lawyers and Pharisees, saying,"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"4But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him ...

Luke 13(ESV) Repent or Perish There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose bloodPilate had mingled with their sacrifices.2And he answered them,"Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?3No, I tell you; but unless yourepent, you will all likewise perish.4Or ...

Luke 12(ESV) Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees In the meantime,when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first,"Beware ofthe leaven of the Pharisees,which is hypocrisy.2Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.3Therefore whatever you have...

Luke 11(ESV) The Lord's Prayer Now Jesus[a]was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray,as John taught his disciples."2And he said to them,"When you pray, say: "Father,hallowed beyour name.Your kingdom come.3Give useach day our daily bread,[b]4andforgive us our sins,for we ourselves forgive everyone ...

Luke 10(ESV) Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two After this the Lord appointedseventy-two[a]others andsent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.2And he said to them,"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.3Go your way...

Luke 9(ESV) Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,2and he sent them out toproclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.3And he said to them,"Take nothing for your journey,no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.[a]4And whatever house you enter, ...

Luke 8(ESV) Women Accompanying Jesus Soon afterward he went onthrough cities and villages, proclaiming andbringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,2and alsosome women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities:Mary, called Magdalene,from whom seven demons had gone out,3andJoanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager,...

Luke 7(ESV) Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people,he entered Capernaum.2Now a centurion had a servant[a]who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him.3When the centurion[b]heard about Jesus,he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.4And when they came ...

Luke 6(ESV) Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath On a Sabbath,[a]while he was going through the grainfields, his disciplesplucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.2But some of the Pharisees said,"Why are you doingwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?"3And Jesus answered them,"Have you not readwhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were...

Luke 5(ESV) Jesus Calls the First Disciples On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing bythe lake of Gennesaret,2and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and werewashing their nets.3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. Andhe...

Luke 4(ESV) The Temptation of Jesus And Jesus,full of the Holy Spirit,returned from the Jordan and was ledby the Spirit in the wilderness2forforty days,being tempted by the devil.And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended,he was hungry.3The devil said to him, "If you arethe Son of God, commandthis stone to become bread."4And Jesus answered him,"It...

Luke 3 (ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the s...

Luke 2(ESV) The Birth of Jesus Christ In those daysa decree went out fromCaesar Augustus that all the world should beregistered.2This was the firstregistration when[a]Quiriniuswas governor of Syria.3And all went to be registered, each to his own town.4And Joseph also went upfrom Galilee, from the town ofNazareth, to Judea, tothe city of David, which is calledBethlehem,...

Luke 1(ESV) Dedication to Theophilus Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things thathave been accomplished among us,2just as those whofrom the beginning wereeyewitnesses andministers ofthe wordhave delivered them to us,3it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to writean orderly account for you,most ex...

Mark 16(ESV) The Resurrection When the Sabbath was past,Mary Magdalene,Mary the mother of James, andSalomebought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.3And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll awaythe stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"4And looking up,...