Category: Luke

38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. Setting the Scene for Luke 1:38 In Luke chapter 1, we find Mary, a young Jewish woman from Nazareth, in her humble home. She is visited by the…

47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little. Setting the Scene for Luke 7:47 In Luke chapter 7, we find Jesus dining at the house of a Pharisee named Simon. The scene is set in a lavish dining room with…

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. Setting the Scene for Luke 4:16 In Luke chapter 4, we find Jesus returning to his hometown of Nazareth after being tempted in…

1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth,…

1 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3 So Pilate asked him, saying, “Are you the King…

31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. Setting the Scene for Luke 6:31 In Luke chapter 6, we find Jesus teaching a large crowd on a level place, likely a plain or a plateau. The crowd consists of people from all walks of life – fishermen, tax…

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Setting the Scene for Luke 19:10 In Luke chapter 19, we find Jesus entering the city of Jericho. As he walks through the bustling streets, a crowd begins to gather around him. Among the crowd is a man named Zacchaeus, a…

1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats,…

2 And 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. Setting the Scene for Luke 10:2 In Luke chapter 10, Jesus appoints seventy-two disciples and sends them out ahead of Him to the towns…

20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Setting the Scene for Luke 10:20 In Luke chapter 10, Jesus sends out seventy-two disciples ahead of him to every town and place he plans to visit. The disciples are filled with…