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Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 13:22-24     22 Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He replied, 24 “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.”     Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. This would be His last trip there because He would give His life there for lost mankind. He was asked if only a few would be saved.

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 14:1-3     1 One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely. 2 There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, “Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?”     This is another passage indicating the Sabbath day was always an issue with the Jewish religious leaders. Jesus seemed to tak

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 14:15     15 Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, “What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of God!”     Jesus had told about being willing to invite the undeserving to a meal. It is a reminder that all people are undeserving of what Jesus did for them when He died on the cross to pay the penalty for their sin. A man at the table expressed appreciation to a time of breaking bread in the Kingdom of God.   RE

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 14:28-30     28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. 30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’”     Jesus had told the crowd they needed to tak

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 15:6-7     6 “When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!”     Jesus continued to tell the story about the lost sheep and the joy when it was found. He was stressing to the religious leaders criticizi

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 15:20-21     20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. 21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’”     The father was thrilled to see his younger son returning home. He gave his son a great welcome with hugs and kisses. The

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 16:1-2     1 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money. 2 So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’”     Jesus told another parable to His disciples. It had to do with being faithful in handling money. The manager was wastin

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 16:14-15     14 The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him. 15 Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.”     Jesus had said a person could not serve two masters by trying to serve God and being enslaved to money. The Pharisees, who loved money, ridiculed Him for such a statement. Jesus pointed out their hypocris

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 16:25-26     25 “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’”     This was Abraham’s answer when the rich man was in agony and wanted Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 17:1-3     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.”     Jesus gave this serious warning to anyone who would

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 17:15-16     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.     Jesus had told the 10 lepers to go show themselves to the priests. On the way there the lepers were healed. One of them returned to thank Jesus. The last statement in this account is significant: “This man was a Samaritan.” This would have been a

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 17:28-30     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.”     What did Jesus mean by the world being like the days of Lot before He ret

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 18:4-5     4 “The 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!’”     Jesus continued telling His disciples about the judge who did not fear God or care about people. A widow was coming to him because she wanted justice in a dispute she was having. She had come t

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 18:15     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.     In the debates that arise about whether sprinkling babies or immersing adults, those who believe in sprinkling like to use this passage. Jesus “touched and blessed” their babies ( breph ē ). This Greek word was even used in the first century to refer to a nursing child

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 18:26-27     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.”     This was the response of the listeners when they heard Jesus say, “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” (Luke 18:25). They thought no one could be saved, but Jesus assured them, “What is impossible for people is possible with Go

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 18:40-43     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.     Jesus stopped when the bling beggar cried out to Him. Jesus

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 19:11     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.     The kingdom Jesus spoke of was His earthly kingdom. His rule on earth would be a thousand years in length. It is referred to six times in Revelation 20:1-7. This is to be distinguished from the rapture, or catching up of believers to meet Jesus in the air,

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 19:24-25     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!’”     When the servant had shown no profit from what the nobleman had given to him, the little he had was taken from him. It was given to the one who had the most profit from his investments. As occurs today, the people complained then abou

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 19:39-40     39 But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, “Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!” 40 He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!”     The unbelieving Pharisees did not like the crowd shouting, singing, and praising Jesus. They wanted Jesus to stop them from doing that. Notice what the Messiah replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheer

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 20:1-2     1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the Good News in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him. 2 They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”     The religious leaders were always questioning Jesus. Now they want to know the authority that gave Him the right to teach what He was teaching and preaching the gospel. They seeme

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 20:14-15     14 “But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they said to each other, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!’ 15 So they dragged him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to them?” Jesus asked.     The owner had planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers. Servants who had been sent to get their master’s share of the crop had been se

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 20:27-28     27 Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. 28 They posed this question: “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.”     The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection from the dead. This was before Jesus’ resurrection and their views did not

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 20:41-44     41 Then Jesus presented them with a question. “Why is it,” he asked, “that the Messiah is said to be the son of David? 42 For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand 43 until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.’ 44 Since David called the Messiah ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”     This presented to the listeners an understanding

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 21:8-9     8 He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them. 9 And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won’t follow immediately.”     Luke 21 tells of things that will occur before the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and also what will occur during the seven-year