Luke 9:44 = Mark 9:31; Luke 18:31-33 -- Mark 10:33-34; Luke 17:25 and 24:26, 46 are in Luke alone), emphasize Jesus' suffering and death, his resurrection, and the fulfilment of scripture. The ...

Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, justice and concern for those most impoverished and marginalized, offering a radical invitation to all to enter into the kingdom of God.

The gospel lectionary reading for Lent 2 in this Year C is Luke 13.31–35, and once again the lectionary does us something of ...

In the gospel of Luke 9:16 in the Bible, Jesus notably multiplied two fish and several loaves of bread to feed 5,000 people.

The Transfiguration highlights Christ Jesus’ divine nature and glory that is revealed to His disciples. Not only is the ...

As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into ...

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Likewise Jairus' daughter rises, Peter rises, the disciples on the road to Emmaus rise, Paul rises and indeed Jesus himself rises from the dead (5:54-55; 24:12; 24:33; Acts 9:18; Luke 24:6).

But in terms of literary dependency, Matthew and Luke construct their story around the plot provided by Mark. If you take the gospels as a factual account of the life of Jesus, they're not all in ...