These readings provide a look
at Jesus through Luke's eyes. Luke is often called the gospel of compassion. It is the synoptic gospel most sensitive to women. The references marked with an asterisk "*" (including portions of passages in
parentheses) are found only in the Gospel of Luke. Most of the passages that are unique to Luke are included below. All references are from the common versions. (I.V. versification is sometimes different.) In a few
minutes a day, you can read these passages in four or five weeks.1:1-25* Introduction, Zechariah and the angel
1:26-56* The Annunciation, Mary and Elizabeth
1:57-80* The Birth of John the Baptist
2:1-7* Jesus' Birth (Matt 1:18-25 is similar)
2:8-38* The Shepherds, In the Temple
2:41-52* The Boy Jesus in the Temple
3:21-22 The Baptism of Jesus
4:1-13 The Temptation of Jesus
4:16-30 Preaching at Nazareth
(17-21, 23, 26-30*)
7:11-17* The Widow's Son at Nain
7:36-50 The Woman with the Ointment
(40-43, 44b-46a, 48-50*)
10:1-12,17-20 The Seventy
(1, 17-20*)
10:38-42* Mary and Martha
11:5-8, 27-28* The Friend at Midnight, True Blessedness
12:13-21* Avarice, The Parable of the Rich Fool
13:10-33* The Crippled Woman, Warning about Herod
14:1-14* The Man with Dropsy, On Humility
14:28-33* The Conditions of Discipleship
15:8-32* Parables: Lost Coin, Prodigal Son
16:1-12* The Unjust Steward, Unfaithfulness
16:14-15* The Pharisees Reproved
16:19-31* The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
17:7-19* Unprofitable Servants, The Ten Lepers
18:1-8* The Parable of the Unjust Judge
18:9-14* The Pharisee and the Publican
19:1-10,41-44* Zaccheus, Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
22:15-38 The Last Supper, Two Swords
(35-38*)
22:39-71 Gethsemane, Peter's Denial
23:1-25 Before Pilate and Herod
(2, 5-8, 11-16*)
23:26-56 To Golgotha, Crucifixion, Burial
(27-32, 40-43*)
24:1-12 The Women at the Tomb
24:13-35* Two on the Road to Emmaus
24:36-43 Jesus Appears to His Disciples
(37-39, 42*)
24:44-53 Final Words and the Ascension
(44-46, 48-50, 52-53*)
