Luke

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Luke
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• Luke, our dear doctor, and Demas send you their
  greetings. (Colossians 414)
• As for me, the hour has come for me to be
  sacrificed the time is here for me to leave this
  life. (2 Timothy 46 GN)
• Only Luke is with me (2 Timothy 411 GN)

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• Dear Theophilus Many people have done their
  best to write a report of the things that have
  taken place among us. They wrote what we have
  been told by those who saw these things from the
  beginning and who proclaimed the message. And so,
  Your Excellency, because I have carefully studied
  all these matters from their beginning, I thought
  it would be good to write an orderly account for
  you. I do this so that you will know the full
  truth about everything which you have been
  taught. (Luke 11-4 GN)

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• and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in
  bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from
  heaven, You are my own dear Son. I am pleased
  with you. (Luke 322 GN)
• Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the Holy
  Spirit and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
  where he was tempted by the Devil for forty days.
  In all that time he ate nothing, so that he was
  hungry when it was over. (Luke 41,2 GN)
• The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to
  destroy what the Devil had done. (1 John 38
  GN)

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• The Devil said to him, If you are Gods Son,
  order this stone to turn into bread.
• But Jesus answered, The scripture says, Human
  beings cannot live on bread alone. (Luke 43,4
  GN)
• Then the Devil took him to Jerusalem and set him
  on the highest point of the Temple, and said to
  him, If you are God's Son, throw yourself down
  from here. For the scripture says, 'God will
  order his angels to take good care of you.' It
  also says, 'They will hold you up with their
  hands so that not even your feet will be hurt on
  the stones.'
• But Jesus answered, The scripture says, 'Do not
  put the Lord your God to the test. (Luke 49-12
  GN)

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• Then the Devil took him up and showed him in a
  second all the kingdoms of the world. I will
  give you all this power and all this wealth, the
  Devil told him. It has all been handed over to
  me, and I can give it to anyone I choose. All
  this will be yours, then, if you worship me.
• Jesus answered, The scripture says, 'Worship the
  Lord your God and serve only him! (Luke 45-7
  GN)
• When the Devil finished tempting Jesus in every
  way, he left him for a while. (Luke 413 GN)

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• Jesus refusal was curt Beat it, Satan! He
  backed his rebuke with a third quotation from
  Deuteronomy Worship the Lord your God, and only
  him. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness.
  The Test was over. The Devil left. And in his
  place, angels! Angels came and took care of
  Jesus needs. (Matthew 410,11 The Message)

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• The Jewish authorities came back at him with a
  question, What miracle can you perform to show
  us that you have the right to do this? (John
  218 GN)

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• Herod was very pleased when he saw Jesus,
  because he had heard about him and had been
  wanting to see him for a long time. He was hoping
  to see Jesus perform some miracle. So Herod asked
  Jesus many questions, but Jesus made no answer.
  (Luke 238-9 GN)

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• People passing by shook their heads and hurled
  insults at Jesus You were going to tear down
  the Temple and build it back up in three days!
  Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down
  from the cross! In the same way the chief
  priests and the teachers of the Law and the
  elders made fun of him He saved others, but he
  cannot save himself ! Isnt he the king of
  Israel? If he will come down off the cross now,
  we will believe in him! He trusts in God and
  claims to be Gods Son. Well, then, let us see if
  God wants to save him now! (Matthew 2739-43
  GN)

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• Where is this so-called Father of yours? Jesus
  said, Youre looking right at me and you dont
  see me. How do you expect to see the Father? If
  you knew me, you would at the same time know the
  Father. (John 819 The Message)

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• But the people would not welcome or receive or
  accept Him, because His face was set as if He
  was going to Jerusalem. And when His disciples
  James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do
  You wish us to command fire to come down from
  heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did? But
  He turned and rebuked and severely censured them.
  He said, You do not know of what sort of spirit
  you are, For the Son of Man did not come to
  destroy mens lives, but to save them. And they
  journeyed on to another village. (Luke 953-56 -
  Amplified)

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• Now that you have known me, he said to them,
  you will know my Father also, and from now on
  you do know him and you have seen him. Philip
  said to him, Lord, show us the Father that is
  all we need. Jesus answered, For a long time I
  have been with you all yet you do not know me,
  Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
  Why, then, do you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do
  you not believe, Philip, that I am in the Father
  and the Father is in me? (John 147-10 GN)

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The parable of the gold coins

• Another servant came and said, Sir, here is
  your gold coin I kept it hidden in a
  handkerchief. I was afraid of you, because you
  are a hard man. You take what is not yours and
  reap what you did not plant.
• I will use your own words to condemn you!
  (Luke 1920-22 GN)

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• Jesus told them a story showing that it was
  necessary for them to pray consistently and never
  quit. He said, There was once a judge in some
  city who never gave God a thought and cared
  nothing for people. A widow in that city kept
  after him My rights are being violated. Protect
  me! He never gave her the time of day. But after
  this went on and on he said to himself, I care
  nothing what God thinks, even less what people
  think. But because this widow wont quit
  badgering me, Id better do something and see
  that she gets justiceotherwise Im going to end
  up beaten black and blue by her pounding. Then
  the Master said, Do you hear what that judge,
  corrupt as he is, is saying? So what makes you
  think God wont step in and work justice for his
  chosen people, who continue to cry out for help?
  Wont he stick up for them? I assure you, he
  will. He will not drag his feet. But how much of
  that kind of persistent faith will the Son of Man
  find on the earth when he returns? (Luke 181-8
  The Message)

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• And Jesus said to his disciples, Suppose one of
  you should go to a friends house at midnight and
  say, 'Friend, let me borrow three loaves of
  bread. A friend of mine who is on a trip has just
  come to my house, and I don't have any food for
  him!' And suppose your friend should answer from
  inside, 'Dont bother me! The door is already
  locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't
  get up and give you anything.' Well, what then? I
  tell you that even if he will not get up and give
  you the bread because you are his friend, yet he
  will get up and give you everything you need
  because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.
  And so I say to you Ask, and you will receive
  seek, and you will find knock, and the door will
  be opened to you. For those who ask will receive,
  and those who seek will find, and the door will
  be opened to anyone who knocks. Would any of you
  who are fathers give your son a snake when he
  asks for fish? Or would you give him a scorpion
  when he asks for an egg? As bad as you are, you
  know how to give good things to your children.
  How much more, then, will the Father in heaven
  give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! (Luke
  115-13 GN)

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• The Helper will come the Spirit, who reveals
  the truth about God. (John 1526 GN)
• When the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth
  about God, he will lead you into all the truthHe
  will give me glory, because he will take what I
  say and tell it to you. (John 1613,14 GN)
• I will ask the Father, and he will give you
  another Helper, who will stay with you forever.
  He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about
  God. The world cannot receive him, because it
  cannot see him or know him. But you know him,
  because he remains with you and is in you. (John
  1416-17 GN)

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• One day when many tax collectors and other
  outcasts came to listen to Jesus, the Pharisees
  and the teachers of the Law started grumbling,
  This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with
  them! So Jesus told them this parable Suppose
  one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of
  them---what do you do? You leave the other
  ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking
  for the one that got lost until you find it. When
  you find it, you are so happy that you put it on
  your shoulders and carry it back home. Then you
  call your friends and neighbors together and say
  to them, 'I am so happy I found my lost sheep.
  Let us celebrate!' In the same way, I tell you,
  there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
  who repents than over ninety-nine respectable
  people who do not need to repent. (Luke 151-7
  GN)

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• Or suppose a woman who has ten silver coins
  loses one of them---what does she do? She lights
  a lamp, sweeps her house, and looks carefully
  everywhere until she finds it. When she finds it,
  she calls her friends and neighbors together, and
  says to them, 'I am so happy I found the coin I
  lost. Let us celebrate!' In the same way, I tell
  you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner
  who repents. (Luke 158-10 GN)

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The prodigal son

• So he went to work for one of the citizens of
  that country, who sent him out to his farm to
  take care of the pigs. He wished he could fill
  himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no
  one gave him anything to eat. At last he came to
  his senses and said, All my father's hired
  workers have more than they can eat, and here I
  am about to starve! I will get up and go to my
  father and say, Father, I have sinned against
  God and against you. I am no longer fit to be
  called your son treat me as one of your hired
  workers. So he got up and started back to his
  father. He was still a long way from home when
  his father saw him his heart was filled with
  pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son,
  and kissed him. Father, the son said, I have
  sinned against God and against you. I am no
  longer fit to be called your son.

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• But the father called to his servants. Hurry!
  he said. Bring the best robe and put it on him.
  Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.
  Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and
  let us celebrate with a feast! For this son of
  mine was dead, but now he is alive he was lost,
  but now he has been found. And so the feasting
  began. (Luke 1523,24 GN)

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• In the meantime the older son was out in the
  field. On his way back, when he came close to the
  house, he heard the music and dancing. So he
  called one of the servants and asked him, Whats
  going on? Your brother has come back home, the
  servant answered, and your father has killed the
  prize calf, because he got him back safe and
  sound. The older brother was so angry that he
  would not go into the house so his father came
  out and begged him to come in. But he spoke back
  to his father, Look, all these years I have
  worked for you like a slave, and I have never
  disobeyed your orders. What have you given me?
  Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my
  friends! But this son of yours wasted all your
  property on prostitutes, and when he comes back
  home, you kill the prize calf for him! My son,
  the father answered, you are always here with
  me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to
  celebrate and be happy, because your brother was
  dead, but now he is alive he was lost, but now
  he has been found. (Luke 1525-32 GN)

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The shrewd manager

• If, then, you have not been faithful in handling
  worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true
  wealth? And if you have not been faithful with
  what belongs to someone else, who will give you
  what belongs to you? No servant can be the slave
  of two masters such a slave will hate one and
  love the other or will be loyal to one and
  despise the other. You cannot serve both God and
  money. When the Pharisees heard all this, they
  made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.
  (Luke 1611-14 GN)

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• Jesus said to them, You are the ones who make
  yourselves look right in other people's sight,
  but God knows your hearts. For the things that
  are considered of great value by people are worth
  nothing in Gods sight. The Law of Moses and the
  writings of the prophets were in effect up to the
  time of John the Baptist since then the Good
  News about the Kingdom of God is being told, and
  everyone forces their way in. (Luke 1615-16
  GN)

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• There was once a rich man who dressed in the
  most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury
  every day. There was also a poor man named
  Lazarus, covered with sores, who used to be
  brought to the rich man's door, hoping to eat the
  bits of food that fell from the rich man's table.
  Even the dogs would come and lick his sores. The
  poor man died and was carried by the angels to
  sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven. The
  rich man died and was buried, and in Hades, where
  he was in great pain, he looked up and saw
  Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. So
  he called out, Father Abraham! Take pity on me,
  and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water
  and cool off my tongue, because I am in great
  pain in this fire!

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• But Abraham said, Remember, my son, that in
  your lifetime you were given all the good things,
  while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he
  is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.
  Besides all that, there is a deep pit lying
  between us, so that those who want to cross over
  from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone
  cross over to us from where you are. The rich
  man said, Then I beg you, father Abraham, send
  Lazarus to my fathers house, where I have five
  brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they,
  at least, will not come to this place of pain.
  Abraham said, Your brothers have Moses and the
  prophets to warn them your brothers should
  listen to what they say. The rich man answered,
  That is not enough, father Abraham! But if
  someone were to rise from death and go to them,
  then they would turn from their sins. But
  Abraham said, If they will not listen to Moses
  and the prophets, they will not be convinced even
  if someone were to rise from death. (Luke
  1619-31 GN)

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• ..a place of special custody for souls, in which
  angels are appointed as guardians to them, who
  distribute to them temporary punishments,
  agreeable to every ones behavior and
  mannersAngels are appointed over them to
  reproach them and threaten them with their
  terrible looks, and to thrust them still
  downwards. Now those angles are set over these
  souls, drag them into the neighborhood of Hell
  itself.they do not stand clear of the hot vapor
  itself but when they have a near view of this
  spectacle, as of a terrible and exceeding great
  prospect of fire, they are struck with a fearful
  expectation of future judgment, and in effect
  punished thereby
• Later, they go to a lake of unquenchable
  fireprepared for a day afore-determined by God,
  in which one righteous sentence shall deservedly
  be passed upon all menthis everlasting
  punishment

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• The good, are led with hymns, sung by angelsto
  a place where they wait for the rest and eternal
  life in Heaven, which is to succeed this region.
  This place we call the bosom of Abraham.
• There is a chasm deep and large fixed between
  them insomuch that a just man that hath
  compassion upon them cannot be admitted, nor can
  one that is unjust, if he were bold enough to
  attempt it, pass over it.
• Hell to these belong unquenchable fire, and
  that without end, and certain fiery worm never
  dying, and not destroying the body, but
  continuing its eruption of the body with
  never-ceasing grief neither will sleep give ease
  to these men, nor will the night afford them
  comfort death will not free them from
  punishment.

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Literal interpretation

• Abrahams bosom?
• Chasm in between?
• If the soul is apart from the body, is there a
  need to cool the tongue?
• This is the only case in which Hades is
  associated with any punishment

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Parable

• Who is the rich man?
• Who is Lazarus?
• That is not enough, father Abraham! But if
  someone were to rise from death and go to them,
  then they would turn from their sins. But
  Abraham said, if they will not listen to Moses
  and the prophets, they will not be convinced even
  if someone were to rise from death.
• From that day on the Jewish authorities made
  plans to kill Jesusthe chief priests made plans
  to kill Lazarus too, because on his account many
  Jews were rejecting them and believing in Jesus
  (John 1153 GN)