Luke Bible Study, Day 22 Today’s passage: Luke 10:38–42 Focus verse:“You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed.” (Luke 10:41–42) Jesus and his disciples travel to the village where Martha and her sister, Mary, live. Martha invites them to her home. They accept and drop by to hang out and […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 21 Today’s passage: Luke 10:1–37 Focus verse:“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Luke 10:27) We call one of Jesus’s more beloved teachings the parable of the good […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 20 Today’s passage: Luke 9:28–62 Focus verse: “This is my Son, whom I have chosen.” (Luke 9:35) Eight days after Jesus said some of his disciples wouldn’t die until they saw the kingdom of God, we perhaps see his promise play out. Jesus takes his three main followers—Peter, John, and James—on […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 19 Today’s passage: Luke 9:1–27 Focus verse:“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.” (Luke 9:20) Jesus asks his disciples an interesting question, “Who do people say I am?” This is an easy question that they don’t have to think about. They quickly […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 18 Today’s passage: Luke 8:19–56 Focus verse:“My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” (Luke 8:21) Everyone has parents: a mother and a father. Biologically, that’s how we all came into being. We may have siblings too. Hopefully, our biological parents raised us in […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 17 Today’s passage: Luke 8:1–18 Focus verse:“The seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” (Luke 8:15) Luke records many of Jesus’s parables. What makes this one stand out is that Luke also shares […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 16 Today’s passage: Luke 7:36–50 Focus verse:“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:50) Our next story opens with an interesting line. It says a Pharisee, named Simon, invites Jesus over for dinner. Don’t rush past this. Pharisees are religious insiders. They follow the law of Moses with much […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 15 Today’s passage: Luke 7:18–35 Focus verse: “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard.” (Luke 7:22) John the Baptist appears three times in Luke’s biography of Jesus. First, Luke writes about John’s birth and the events that lead up to it. Next, Luke records John’s baptism […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 14 Today’s passage: Luke 7:1–17 Focus verse: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof.” (Luke 7:6) A military leader, a centurion, wants Jesus to heal his dying servant, a valued attendant. However, the centurion doesn’t approach Jesus himself. Instead, he wants someone […]
Luke Bible Study, Day 13 Today’s passage: Luke 6 Focus verse: He went down with them and stood on a level place. (Luke 6:17) You may have heard of Jesus’s best-known sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, which Matthew records in his biography of Jesus. The sermon gets its name because it happens on the […]