Daily Devotion

LUKE 13:20-21 --- This is an illustration that Jesus took from His own home. In those days, bread was baked at home. Leaven was a little piece of dough that had been kept from the last baking and had fermented. Leaven is regularly used in Jewish...

LUKE 13:18-19; MATTHEW 13:31-32 - Both Luke and Matthew record this parable but with different emphasis, so we will look at both. This is an illustration which Jesus used more than once but for different purposes. In the Middle East, mustard is not...

LUKE 13:10-17 ---- This is the last time we ever hear of Jesus being in a synagogue. By this time, the authorities were watching His every action, and waiting to pounce on Him whenever they had a chance. Jesus healed a woman who for eighteen years...

LUKE 13:6-9 --- Here is a parable at one and the same time lit by grace and close-packed with warnings. (1 st ) the fig tree occupied a specially favored position. It was not unusual to see fig trees and apple trees in vineyards. The soil was so...

LUKE 13:1-5 We have here references to two disasters about which we have no definite information, and can only speculate. First, there is the reference to the Galilaeans Pilate murdered in the middle of their sacrifices. As we have seen, Galilaeans...

LUKE 12:54-59 --- Although Jesus shifts His talking from the disciples to talking with the crowds, there is a definite connection between what He has said, and what He now says. The parables in verses 36-48 address the crisis of His future return;...