The Days Are Surely Coming, Mike Moyer, 2012 Luke 21:5-19 The Message Translation 5-6 One day people were standing around talking about the Temple, remarking how beautiful it was, the splendor of its stonework and memorial gifts. Jesus said, “All this you’re admiring so much—the time is coming when every stone in that building will end up in a heap of rubble.” 7 They asked him, “Teacher, when is this going to happen? What clue will we get that it’s about to take place?” 8-9 H

24 Elders, Dionysiou Monastery Luke 18:9-14 New Living Translation 9-12 He told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people: “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice

Saint Lucy before the Judge - Lorenzo Lotto, 1532 Luke 18:1-8 NIV Translation Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God

Jesus Heals © Francisco Borboa, 2017 Luke 17:11-19 CSB Translation While traveling to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”   When he saw them, he told them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And while they were going, they were cleansed.   But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud vo

Walking on Water © Makoto Fujimura Luke 17:5-10 NIV The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” He replied, “If you have faith...

Lazarus at the Door of the Rich Man © Frank Wesley Luke 16 : 19-31 The Message 19-21  “There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped on his doorstep. All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man’s table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores. 22-24  “Then he died, this poor man, and was taken up by the a

Love is the Way (the End and the Means) © Greg Yingst Luke 16 : 1-13 The Message 1-2  Jesus said to his disciples, “There was once a...

Parable of the Lost Drachma, Domenico Fetti, 1618 Luke 15 : 1-10 NRSV Translation 1-3 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming...

Luke 14 : 25-33 NRSV Translation 25-27 Now large crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them, "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28-30 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Othe

Luke 14 : 1, 7-14 NRSV Translation 1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the...

Barbara Schwarz, OP, "Jesus and the Bent Over Woman," acrylic on canvas, 2014 Luke 13 : 10-17 NIV Translation On a Sabbath Jesus was...

Cocktail Party, Lisa Esherick Luke 12 : 49-56 NIV Translation “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already...

Luke 12 : 32-40 New Living Translation 32 “So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the...

Luke 12: 13-21 The Message Translation 13 Someone out of the crowd said, “Teacher, order my brother to give me a fair share of the family...

Our Daily Bread © Diego Rivera, 1928 Luke 11: 1-13 NIV Translation One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one...

Mary and Martha © Cara B. Hochhalter Luke 10 : 30 - 42 The Message Translation 38-40  As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a...

The Good Neighbor ©Kelly Latimore Luke 10 : 25 - 37 NIV Translation 25  On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus....

The Seventy-Two Luke 10 : 1 - 11, 16 - 20 NRSV Translation 1-11  After this the Lord appointed seventy-two  others and sent them on ahead...

Homeless Jesus ©Timothy Schmalz Luke 9 : 51 - 62 NRSV Translation (51-56) As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus...

The Gerasene Demoniac ©The Brick Testament Luke 8 : 26 - 39 CEV Translation 26-27  Jesus and his disciples sailed across Lake Galilee...