Outline for the book of Luke
- The Beginning of the Ministry in Galilee (4:14-41)
- The First Tour of Galilee (4:42;5:39)
- A Sabbath Controversy (6:1-11)
- The Choice of the 12 Apostles (6:12-16)
- The Sermon on the Plain (6:17-49)
- Miracles in Capernaum and Nain (7:1-18)
- The Inquiry of John the Baptist (7:19-29)
- Jesus and the Pharisees (7:30-50)
- The Second Tour of Galilee (8:1-3)
- The Parables of the Kingdom (8:4-21)
- The Trip across the Sea of Galilee (8:22-39)
- The Third Tour of Galilee (8:40;9:9)
- The Narrow Door (13:22-30)
- Warning concerning Herod (13:31-35)
- At a Pharisee's House (14:1-23)
- The Cost of Discipleship (14:24-35)
- The Parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Lost Son (ch. 15)
- The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (16:1-18)
- The Rich Man and Lazarus (16:19-31)
- Miscellaneous Teachings (17:1-10)
- Ten Healed of Leprosy (17:11-19)
- The Coming of the Kingdom (17:20-37)
- The Persistent Widow (18:1-8)
- The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (18:9-14)
- Jesus and the Children (18:15-17)
- The Rich Young Ruler (18:18-30)
- Christ Foretells His Death (18:31-34)
- A Blind Beggar Given His Sight (18:35-43)
- Jesus and Zacchaeus (19:1-10)
- The Parable of the Ten Minas (19:11-27)
- The Triumphal Entry (19:28-44)
- The Cleansing of the Temple (19:45-48)
- The Last Controversies with the Jewish Leaders (ch. 20)
- The Olivet Discourse (ch. 21)
- The Last Supper (22:1-38)
- Jesus Praying in Gethsemane (22:39-46)
- Jesus' Arrest (22:47-65)
- Jesus on Trial (22:66;23:25)
- The Crucifixion (23:26-56)
- The Resurrection (24:1-12)
- The Post-Resurrection Ministry (24:13-49)
- The Ascension (24:50-53)
Luke
17 NLT
1 One day Jesus said to his disciples,
“There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who
does the tempting!
2 It would be better to be thrown into the
sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little
ones to fall into sin.
3 So watch yourselves! “If another
believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.
4 Even if that person wrongs you seven
times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must
forgive.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us
how to increase our faith.”
6 The Lord answered, “If you had faith
even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you
be uprooted and thrown into the sea,’ and it would obey you!
7“When a servant comes in from plowing or
taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’?
8 No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on
your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’
9 And does the master thank the servant
for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.
10 In the same way, when you obey me you
should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”
11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem,
he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.
12 As he entered a village there, ten
lepers stood at a distance,
13 crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy
on us!”
14 He looked at them and said, “Go show
yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their
leprosy.
15 One of them, when he saw that he was
healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
16 He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet,
thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men?
Where are the other nine?
18 Has no one returned to give glory to God
except this foreigner?”
19 And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and
go. Your faith has healed you. ”
20 One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When
will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can’t be
detected by visible signs.
21 You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’
or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom of God is already among you. ”
22 Then he said to his disciples, “The time
is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but
you won’t see it.
23 People will tell you, ‘Look, there is
the Son of Man,’ or ‘Here he is,’ but don’t go out and follow them.
24 For as the lightning flashes and lights
up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of
Man comes.
25 But first the Son of Man must suffer
terribly and be rejected by this generation.
26 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be
like it was in Noah’s day.
27 In those days, the people enjoyed
banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and
the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 “And the world will be as it was in the
days of Lot. People went about their daily business—eating and drinking, buying
and selling, farming and building—
29 until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then
fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 Yes, it will be ‘business as usual’
right up to the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
31 On that day a person out on the deck of
a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must
not return home.
32 Remember what happened to Lot’s
wife!
33 If you cling to your life, you will lose
it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.
34 That night two people will be asleep in
one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
35 Two women will be grinding flour
together at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. ”
36
37“Where will this happen, Lord?” the disciples
asked. Jesus replied, “Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a
carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.”
Luke
18 NLT
1 One day Jesus told his disciples a story
to show that they should always pray and never give up.
2 “There was a judge in a certain city,”
he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people.
3 A widow of that city came to him
repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’
4The judge ignored her for a while, but finally
he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,
5 but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m
going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her
constant requests!’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from
this unjust judge.
7Even he rendered a just decision in the end.
So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry
out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
8 I tell you, he will grant justice to
them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the
earth who have faith?”
9 Then Jesus told this story to some who
had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone
else:
10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One
was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed
this prayer : ‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else. For
I don’t cheat, I don’t sin, and I don’t commit adultery. I’m certainly not like
that tax collector!
12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a
tenth of my income.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance
and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his
chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a
sinner.’
14 I tell you, this sinner, not the
Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves
will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
15 One day some parents brought their
little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the
disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.
16 Then Jesus called for the children and
said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the
Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.
17 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t
receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
18 Once a religious leader asked Jesus this
question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked
him. “Only God is truly good.
20 But to answer your question, you know
the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must
not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’ ”
21 The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these
commandments since I was young.”
22 When Jesus heard his answer, he said,
“There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give
the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow
me.”
23 But when the man heard this he became
very sad, for he was very rich.
24 When Jesus saw this, he said, “How hard
it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!
25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of
God!”
26 Those who heard this said, “Then who in
the world can be saved?”
27 He replied, “What is impossible for
people is possible with God.”
28 Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to
follow you.”
29 “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you
that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or
children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,
30 will be repaid many times over in this
life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.”
31 Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus
said, “Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, where all the predictions of the
prophets concerning the Son of Man will come true.
32He will be handed over to the Romans, and he
will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit upon.
33 They will flog him with a whip and kill
him, but on the third day he will rise again.”
34 But they didn’t understand any of this.
The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp
what he was talking about.
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind
beggar was sitting beside the road.
36 When he heard the noise of a crowd going
past, he asked what was happening.
37 They told him that Jesus the Nazarene
was going by.
38 So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of
David, have mercy on me!”
39 “Be quiet!” the people in front yelled
at him. But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 When Jesus heard him, he stopped and
ordered that the man be brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked
him,
41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”
42 And Jesus said, “All right, receive your
sight! Your faith has healed you.”
43 Instantly the man could see, and he
followed Jesus, praising God. And all who saw it praised God, too.
Luke
19 NLT
1 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way
through the town.
2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus.
He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very
rich.
3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he
was too short to see over the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a
sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at
Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I
must be a guest in your home today.”
6Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus
to his house in great excitement and joy.
7 But the people were displeased. “He has
gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the
Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have
cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”
9 Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to
this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of
Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save
those who are lost.”
11 The crowd was listening to everything
Jesus said. And because he was nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story to
correct the impression that the Kingdom of God would begin right away.
12 He said, “A nobleman was called away to
a distant empire to be crowned king and then return.
13 Before he left, he called together ten
of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver, saying, ‘Invest
this for me while I am gone.’
14 But his people hated him and sent a
delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want him to be our king.’
15 “After he was crowned king, he returned
and called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find
out what their profits were.
16 The first servant reported, ‘Master, I
invested your money and made ten times the original amount!’
17“‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed. ‘You are a
good servant. You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you
will be governor of ten cities as your reward.’
18 “The next servant reported, ‘Master, I
invested your money and made five times the original amount.’
19 “‘Well done!’ the king said. ‘You will
be governor over five cities.’
20 “But the third servant brought back only
the original amount of money and said, ‘Master, I hid your money and kept it
safe.
21 I was afraid because you are a hard man
to deal with, taking what isn’t yours and harvesting crops you didn’t
plant.’
22 “‘You wicked servant!’ the king roared.
‘Your own words condemn you. If you knew that I’m a hard man who takes what
isn’t mine and harvests crops I didn’t plant,
23 why didn’t you deposit my money in the
bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’
24 “Then, turning to the others standing
nearby, the king ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the
one who has ten pounds.’
25 “‘But, master,’ they said, ‘he already
has ten pounds!’
26 “‘Yes,’ the king replied, ‘and to those
who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who
do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.
27 And as for these enemies of mine who
didn’t want me to be their king—bring them in and execute them right here in
front of me.’”
