Luke 3:8
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8 Bear fruits (A)in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, (B)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from (C)these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
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Luke 3:9
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9 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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Luke 6:27-38
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Love Your Enemies
27 “But I say to you who hear, (A)Love your enemies, (B)do good to those who hate you, 28 (C)bless those who curse you, (D)pray for those who abuse you. 29 (E)To one who (F)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic[a] either. 30 (G)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And (H)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
32 (I)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And (J)if you (K)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But (L)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and (M)you will be sons of (N)the Most High, for (O)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36 (P)Be merciful, even as (Q)your Father is merciful.
Judging Others
37 (R)(S)“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; (T)forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 (U)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put (V)into your lap. For (W)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
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- Luke 6:29 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
Luke 6:27-38
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Love Your Enemies
27 “But I say to you who hear, (A)Love your enemies, (B)do good to those who hate you, 28 (C)bless those who curse you, (D)pray for those who abuse you. 29 (E)To one who (F)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic[a] either. 30 (G)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And (H)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
32 (I)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And (J)if you (K)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But (L)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and (M)you will be sons of (N)the Most High, for (O)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36 (P)Be merciful, even as (Q)your Father is merciful.
Judging Others
37 (R)(S)“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; (T)forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 (U)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put (V)into your lap. For (W)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
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- Luke 6:29 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
Luke 7:47
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47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, (A)which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
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Luke 8:8
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8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded (A)a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, (B)“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Luke 8:14
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14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but (A)as they go on their way they are choked by the (B)cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
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Luke 8:15
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15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and (A)bear fruit (B)with patience.
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Luke 10:25-28
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 (A)And behold, a (B)lawyer stood up to (C)put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to (D)inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, (E)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and (F)your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; (G)do this, and you will live.”
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Luke 12:58
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58 (A)As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
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Luke 12:59
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59 I tell you, (A)you will never get out until you have paid the very last (B)penny.”[a]
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- Luke 12:59 Greek lepton, a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
Luke 13:35
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35 Behold, (A)your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, (B)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
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Luke 14:15
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15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, (A)“Blessed is everyone who will (B)eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
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Luke 14:21
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21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in (A)the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
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Luke 14:23
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23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
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Luke 15:1-17
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
15 Now (A)the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes (B)grumbled, saying, (C)“This man receives sinners and (D)eats with them.”
3 So he told them this parable: 4 (E)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (F)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (G)in the open country, and (H)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, (I)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (J)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (K)repents than over ninety-nine (L)righteous persons who need no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (M)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me (N)the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided (O)his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (P)reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to[b] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he (Q)was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
17 “But (R)when he (S)came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
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- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer
- Luke 15:15 Greek joined himself to
Luke 21:15-17
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15 for (A)I will give you a mouth and (B)wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or (C)contradict. 16 You will be delivered up (D)even by parents and brothers[a] and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 (E)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.
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- Luke 21:16 Or parents and brothers and sisters
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