The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the Second Sunday before Lent in Year C is Luke 8.22–25, the concise account by Luke ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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?

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

Turn away from sin and believe in the Gospel.” This is one of the admonitions said to us as we are signed with ashes on our ...

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 ...