rev. S. de Marie

READ: Luke 7:24-35: … But wisdom is justified by all her children. When John’s disciples have left, Jesus explains this same matter to the crowd. He shows how John the Baptist and He Himself, as the promised Messiah, are connected. The people must realize who John is. Is he a doubter, like a reed that

READ: Luke 7:18-23: … And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me. John the Baptist is now in prison. His followers keep him informed about the developments surrounding Jesus. John cannot reconcile what he hears from them about Jesus with the picture he has of Him. John had to prepare the coming

READ: Luke 7:11-17: … And the dead man sat up and began to speak … and they glorified God … After the miracle of the healing of the centurion’s servant, Jesus again walks with His disciples and a large group of people to another city, many hours away from Capernaum. Just as He enters this

READ: Luke 7:1-10: … I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel … The preaching of Jesus, summarized in the preceding verses, has come to an end. A military officer in a position of authority decides to send the elders of the Jews to Jesus with the request that He heal one

READ: Luke 6:43-49: … every tree is known by its own fruit … a man building a house … founded … and it could not be shaken … without a foundation … and the ruin of that house was great. Verse 43 shows how a hypocrite is exposed by his works. Just as in vs

READ: Luke 6:37-42: Judge not … Give, and it will be given to you … First remove the beam from your own eye … The Lord Jesus continues His teaching to His disciples and to all who are willing to receive Him. Do not judge another person if you have not been appointed to do

READ: Luke 6:27-36: … love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind … Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. The Lord Jesus now works out very concretely what

READ: Luke 6:20-26: … Blessed are you … when they exclude you and revile you … rejoice in that day … But woe to you who are rich … for you have received your consolation … Woe to you when all men speak well of you … The followers of Jesus will have to give

READ: Luke 6:12-19: … continued all night in prayer to God … twelve … whom He also named apostles … a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast … to hear Him … And He healed them all. Jesus withdraws to a mountain to pray to His Father in

READ: Luke 6:1-11: … to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath … On the day of rest, the Sabbath, Jesus is on His way with His disciples to the synagogue to preach. On the way, they walk through  grainfields. As they walk, the disciples pluck heads of grain and eat the kernels.