xiii, 319 pages : 19 cm

Provides insights to help understand the story of Jesus and the drama of Luke's gospel

"This edition copublished in 2004 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, and Westminster John Knox Press"--Title page verso

Prologue / Luke 1:1-4 -- Gabriel visits Zechariah / Luke 1:5-25 -- The annunciation of the birth of Jesus / Luke 1:26-38 -- The Magnificat: Mary's song of praise / Luke 1:39-56 -- Zechariah's song of praise / Luke 1:57-80 -- The birth of Jesus / Luke 2:1-20 -- Simeon and Anna / Luke 2:21-40 -- The boy Jesus / Luke 2:41-52 -- The preaching of John the Baptist / Luke 3:1-9 -- John the Baptist confronts the crowds / Luke 3:10-20 -- Jesus' baptism and genealogy / Luke 3:21-38

Temptation in the wilderness / Luke 4:1-13 -- Opposition to Jesus in Nazareth / Luke 4:14-30 -- Jesus' authoritative healings / Luke 4:31-44 -- The miraculous catch of fish / Luke 5:1-11 -- The healing of the leper / Luke 5:12-16 -- The healing of the paralytic lowered through the roof / Luke 5:17-26 -- Questions about the table-company and fasting / Luke 5:27-39 -- Teachings on the Sabbath / Luke 6:1-11 -- The beatitudes / Luke 6:12-26 -- Loving your enemies / Luke 6:27-38 -- Judging others and true obedience / Luke 6:39-49 -- The healing of the centurion's servant / Luke 7:1-10 -- Raising the widow's son / Luke 7:11-17 -- Jesus and John the Baptist / Luke 7:18-35 -- Jesus anointed by a sinful woman / Luke 7:36-50

The parable of the sower / Luke 8:1-15 -- Jesus calms the storm / Luke 8:16-25 -- The healing of the demoniac / Luke 8:26-39 -- Jairus's daughter and the woman with chronic bleeding / Luke 8:40-56 -- The twelve sent out and the feeding of the 5,000 / Luke 9:1-17 -- Peter's declaration of Jesus' Messiahship / Luke 9:18-27 -- The transfiguration / Luke 9:28-45 -- The nature of discipleship / Luke 9:46-62

Jesus sends out the seventy / Luke 10:1-16 -- The celebration of Jesus / Luke 10:17-24 -- The parable of the Good Samaritan / Luke 10:25-37 -- Martha and Mary / Luke 10:38-42 -- The Lord's Prayer / Luke 11:1-13 -- Jesus and Beelzebul / Luke 11:14-28 -- The sign of Jonah / Luke 11:29-41 -- Woes against the Pharisees / Luke 11:42-54 -- Further warnings / Luke 12:1-12 -- The parable of the rich fool / Luke 12;13-34 -- Jesus' call to watchfulness / Luke 12:35-48 -- Reading the signs of the times / Luke 12:49-59 -- The parable of the fig tree / Luke 13:1-9 -- Jesus heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath / Luke 13:10-21 -- Entering through the narrow door / Luke 13:22-30 -- Jesus grieves over Jerusalem / Luke 13:31-35 -- Jesus and the Pharisee / Luke 14:1-11 -- The parable of the Great Banquet / Luke 14:12-24 -- The cost of discipleship / Luke 14:25-35

The parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin / Luke 15:1-10 -- The parable of the prodigal: The father and the younger son / Luke 15:11-24 -- The parable of the prodigal: The father and the older son / Luke 15:25-32 -- The parable of the shrewd manager / Luke 16:1-9 -- Teachings on stewardship / Luke 16:10-18 -- The parable of the rich man and Lazarus / Luke 16:19-31 -- Forgiveness, faith and obedience / Luke 17:1-10 -- Ten lepers healed / Luke 17:11-19 -- The coming of the Kingdom / Luke 17:29347 -- The parables of the persistent widow and the tax-collector / Luke 18:1-14 -- The rich young ruler / Luke 18:15-30 -- Jesus heals a blind beggar / Luke 18:31-43

The calling of Zacchaeus / Luke 19:1-10 -- The king, the servants and the money / Luke 19:11-27 -- The triumphal entry / Luke 19:28-40 -- Jesus cleanses the temple / Luke 19:41-48 -- the question about Jesus' authority / Luke 20:1-8 -- The parable of the tenants / Luke 20:9-19 -- On paying taxes to Caesar / Luke 20:20-26 -- Marriage and the resurrection / Luke 20:27-40 -- David's son and the widow's mite / Luke 20:41-21:4 -- Signs of the end / Luke 21:5-19 -- The distress of Jerusalem predicted / Luke 21:20-33 -- Watching for the Son of Man / Luke 21:34-38 -- The Last Supper / Luke 22:1-23 -- Prediction of Peter's denial / Luke 22:24-48 -- Jesus is arrested / Luke 22:39-53 -- Peter denies Jesus / Luke 22:54-71 -- Jesus before Pilate and Herod / Luke 23:1-12 -- Pilate pressured by the crowds / Luke 23:13-26 -- The crucifixion / Luke 23:27-43 -- The death and burial of Jesus / Luke 23:44-56 -- The resurrection / Luke 24:1-12 -- On the road to Emmaus / Luke 24:13-27 -- Jesus revealed at Emmaus / Luke 24:28-35 -- Jesus' promise and ascension / Luke 24:36-53

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