Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 19 Verses 1-27 Verse 1 Jesus came into the town of Jericho. A man, named Zachaeus, heard that Jesus was coming. He wanted very much to see Jesus. Zachaeus was a short man. He could not see over the people who lined up along the road. He decided to
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 18 Verses 31-43 Verse 31 Jesus told his disciples—-Let us go to Jerusalem. All the things the prophets have said about the Son of Man will happen. Vs. 32 He will be given over to the Gentiles (non-Jews—in this case —the Romans). He will be mocked–made fun of. He
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 18 Verses 15-30 Vs. 15 People brought their children to Jesus —so Jesus would bless them. The disciples thought Jesus was too busy to be taking time with children. They tried to stop the children from coming. But Jesus said to the disciples–Do not stop the children from coming.
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 18 Verses 1-14 Verse 1 Jesus told the disciples –“Men should always pray, and not faint.” The New Living Bible says “never give up”. When we have prayed for a long time for something—-and our prayer is not answered—we often give up believing that God will answer that prayer.
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 17 Verses 20-37 Verses 20-21 The Jewish leaders asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come? (They were expecting the Messiah to be an earthly king that would rule over the Jewish people—and Rome or other nations would not be over them.) Jesus’ answer to them was a
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 17 Verses 5-19 Verse 5 The disciples said to Jesus to “increase our faith”— help us have more faith. This is something most Christians want and pray for. We think if we had more faith—all our prayers would be answered. Verse 6 Jesus tells them–if your faith is as
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 17 Verses 1-4 Verse 1 Jesus said to the disciples—There will be offences that will come. The King James Version uses the word “offences“. Today—we would use that word “offences” to mean —things said, or things done—that hurt you, or hurt your feelings. Words that insult you. (offences) When
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 16 Verses 19-31 Verse 19-31 Jesus told this story. This story is a little different than other stories Jesus told. In this story, Jesus uses the name of the man. Before, in other stories, Jesus never used names of people. It makes us think that this story is true
Luke By Joyce Webb 2020 Chapter 16 Verses 1-18 Verse 1 Jesus told another story. A rich man learned that his steward (the man who was the manager of his household) was not being honest. He called the man in to talk to him. The steward saw that his master was angry, and that he
Luke By Joyce Webb 2021 Chapter 15 Verses 1-32 Verse 1,2 Many people were coming close to Jesus to hear him. The Jewish church leaders felt themselves to be better than the common people. They looked at all of them as “sinners” and “lower” than themselves. They criticized Jesus for being willing to be