Luke Devotionals
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- Luke 1: Promises That Cannot Fail
Luke 1 sets two announcements side by side. In the temple, Gabriel tells the priest Zechariah that his prayer has been heard: his wife Elizabeth, who has never been able to have…
- Luke 2: Salvation Small Enough to Hold
The Savior arrives with almost no ceremony. Mary wraps her newborn son and lays him in a manger, because there is no room for them in the inn (2:7). The first to hear are…
- Luke 3: Beloved Before Any Miracle
John's preaching is blunt. He warns the crowds that descent from Abraham will not shelter them, and that every tree without good fruit will be cut down (3:7-9). When they ask what…
- Luke 4: Grace Sent to Outsiders
Jesus comes to the synagogue in Nazareth already tested. Led by the Spirit, he has answered each of the devil's temptations with the written word of God (4:1-13). Now he unrolls…
- Luke 5: Unworthy and Still Called
Simon has fished all night and caught nothing, but because Jesus tells him to, he lets down the nets again (5:5). The catch is so large that the nets begin to tear and two boats…
- Luke 6: Mercy Learned from the Father
Before choosing the twelve apostles, Jesus spends the whole night in prayer (6:12-13). Then he comes down to a level place, where power goes out from him to heal the crowds…
- Luke 7: Love That Follows Forgiveness
Simon the Pharisee invites Jesus to dinner, but it is a woman known in the town as a sinner who honors him. She weeps at his feet, wipes them with her hair, kisses them, and…
- Luke 8: From the Tombs to His Feet
For a long time the man among the Gerasene tombs has gone without clothing or a home, breaking every chain meant to hold him (8:27-29). Jesus sends the demons out, and the…
- Luke 9: Resolved to Go to Jerusalem
Luke 9 turns on a single verse. As the time approaches for him to be taken up, Jesus sets his course for Jerusalem with firm resolve (9:51). He knows what waits there. He has…
- Luke 10: Receiving Before Doing
An expert in the law asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. He knows the Law's answer: love God completely, and love others as you love yourself (10:25-27). Wanting…
- Luke 11: Asking a Generous Father
When Jesus finishes praying, a disciple asks him to teach them to pray (11:1). He gives them a prayer that begins with Father, then shows why they can pray boldly. A friend…
- Luke 12: Treasure the Father Gives
Asked to settle an inheritance dispute, Jesus warns against greed: a person's life is not measured by how much he owns (12:13-15). Then he tells of a rich man whose land produces…
- Luke 13: Mercy That Waits for Fruit
Some people tell Jesus about Galileans whom Pilate killed, and he answers with a question: were they worse sinners than everyone else? No, he says, and unless his hearers turn…
- Luke 14: Room Left at the Banquet
At a leading Pharisee's Sabbath meal, everyone watches Jesus closely, and he watches them too (14:1, 14:7). Seeing guests choose the places of honor, he tells them to take the…
- Luke 15: The Father Who Runs
Luke 15 begins with a complaint. Tax collectors and sinners gather around Jesus, and religious leaders grumble that he welcomes and eats with them (15:1-2). Jesus answers with…
- Luke 16: A Word Already Given
Luke 16 is about money, and it is not comfortable. A dishonest manager about to lose his job cuts the bills of his master's debtors so they will welcome him later, and he is…
- Luke 17: Gratitude That Turns Back
Ten lepers stand at a distance and cry out to Jesus for mercy (17:12-13). He simply sends them to show themselves to the priests, and on the way they are cleansed (17:14). All ten…
- Luke 18: Right with God by Mercy
Jesus tells this story to people who trust in their own righteousness and look down on everyone else (18:9). Two men go up to the temple to pray. The Pharisee thanks God he is not…
- Luke 19: Sought Out by Name
Zacchaeus, a rich chief tax collector, wants to see who Jesus is. Too short to see over the crowd, he runs ahead and climbs a sycamore tree (19:2-4). When Jesus reaches the spot,…
- Luke 20: A Promise Death Cannot Break
In the temple courts Jesus faces challenge after challenge, about his authority and about taxes to Caesar (20:1-2, 20:20-25). Then Sadducees, who deny any resurrection, bring a…
- Luke 21: Looking Up When Heaven Shakes
Jesus sees a poor widow drop two small coins into the temple treasury and says she has given more than all the rich, because she gave all she had to live on (21:1-4). Moments…
- Luke 22: Held Through the Sifting
At the Passover table Jesus gives his disciples bread and a cup, his body and blood given for them in a new covenant (22:19-20). Soon they are arguing about who is greatest…
- Luke 23: Paradise Promised to a Criminal
Again and again in Luke 23 someone declares Jesus innocent. Pilate finds no basis for a charge, and says so three times (23:4, 23:14-15, 23:22). A dying criminal says Jesus has…
- Luke 24: The Story Was About Him
Two disciples walk away from Jerusalem with sad faces, talking about the man they had hoped would redeem Israel (24:17-21). They have heard the women's report of an empty tomb,…