Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 14 Verses 1-24 Verse 1 Jesus was going to have a meal at the home of a Jewish church leader, a Pharisee. It was on the Sabbath day. On the way, Jesus met a man who had dropsy. This is an old-fashioned word for what we call edema. It
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 13 verse 18-35 Verse 18 Jesus explains what the kingdom of God is like. The kingdom of God in these verses means all the people who become believers in Jesus as the Son of God. Jesus says this group of believers is like a mustard seed that a man
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 13 verse 1-17 Verse 1- 5 Some people told Jesus about some men from Galilee. These men were Jews. They had come to Jerusalem to make sacrifices–killing of an animal as an offering for sin, or other reasons. As these men were doing the sacrifices, Pilate sent soldiers to
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 12 verse 35-59 Verse 35-38 Jesus says the coming again of Jesus to this world will be like—-a man who has gone away on a trip to a wedding. When he comes back home, all his servants are waiting for him. When they hear him coming, they go to
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 12 verse 13-34 Vs. 13 One man in the crowd said to Jesus, Master, talk to my brother and tell him to share the inheritance with me. Jesus said to him, Who made me a judge? (In other words, Jesus did not have authority to do that. Nor did
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 12 verse 1-12 Verse 1 Jesus and the disciples were talking to a very large crowd. The Bible says there were so many people they were stepping on each other. Jesus said to them–Be careful about the “leaven” of the Pharisees. They are hypocrites. “Leaven” is yeast that is
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 11 Verse 37-54 Verse 37 Jesus was speaking to the people. A Jewish church leader from the group called Pharisees, asked Jesus to come to his house for a meal. Jesus went with him. They had come to the table to eat. The Pharisee saw that Jesus had not
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 11 Verse 14-36 Vs. 14 Jesus was with a man who could not speak. The old-fashion word for that was “dumb”. Jesus could see and understand that the reason this man could not speak —-was not something physical—but an evil spirit that was making it that way. So Jesus
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 10 Vs. 38-42 Chapter 11 Verse 1-13 Verse 38 Jesus and his disciples went to a town. (We read in other books of the Bible that the town was Bethany. Lazarus, Mary, and Martha lived there. They were friends of Jesus.) Martha welcomed them into the house. Her sister
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 10 Vs. 21-37 Vs. 21,22 Jesus prays: He thankrd God that the things he has been teaching—has not been for the “wise” and educated men, but the teachings have been for ordinary humble people. (The ‘wise” and educated men of Jesus’ time were the priests, and scribes, and other