In Luke, Jesus emerges primarily as a teacher ... the places we see this most clearly is in the way that Luke tells the parable of the prodigal son. It's a very familiar story.

book of Luke, Jesus went to the synagogue and read ... he paid the innkeeper to care for the wounded man. In another parable Jesus used the image of a farmer sowing his crops to explain how ...

Jesus wants to teach people the importance of praying with the right attitude. This parable is aimed at those who think they are very righteous and look down on others – that is, the Pharisees.

The interpretation in Luke's Gospel (v ... 36-37). The Use of the Parable in Jesus' Ministry We come now to the next question: how was the parable employed by Jesus himself during his ministry?

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the fourth Sunday before Lent in Year C is Luke 5.1–11, the story of the miraculous catch of fish, as we jump forward into Jesus’ ministry before returning to ...

When was Jesus born? When did he die? What was his socioeconomic class? How did he fit in the religious, political and ...

Jesus told a parable one day, and He changed all of history. It is the parable of the Good Samaritan. It’s found in Luke 10. To paraphrase the story, a traveler is robbed and left for dead on ...

There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed ...

In the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus seems to come down on the side of the broadest possible application of the love ethic. And by emphasizing a particular type of love – the gut-wrenching kind – ...

Next the Lucan gospel traces Jesus' genealogy back to Adam in order to show the universality of the salvation which he brings. Luke is the only gospel writer who tells the parables of the prodigal ...