
New Testament
Luke
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost ... Do to others as you would have them do to you.
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Chapters

Chapter I: I too decided to write an orderly account
1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, 2 …

Chapter II: The Birth of Jesus
1 Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first …

Chapter III: Jesus went into the synagogue
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tet…

Chapter IV: Jesus began to teach by the lake
1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 2 for forty day…

Chapter V: When Jesus got out of the boat
1 Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 2 He saw …

Chapter VI: Jesus left there, to his hometown
1 Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of g…

Chapter VII: The Pharisees and some of the teachers
1 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2 A certain centurion’s servan…

Chapter VIII: “The Little Children and Jesus
1 Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. Wit…

Chapter IX: Trans -figuration ... After six days
1 He called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2 He sent them …

Chapter X: and as was his custom, he taught them
1 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city …

Chapter XI: Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
1 When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John a…

Chapter XII: The Parable of the Tenants
1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he b…

Chapter XIII: Signs of the End Times
1 Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their …

Chapter XIV: Jesus Anointed at Bethany
1 When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him. 2…

Chapter XV: Jesus Before Pilate
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. 2 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured,…

Chapter XVI: Jesus Has Risen
1 He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that thi…

Chapter XVII: The Coming of the Kingdom
1 He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom th…

Chapter XVIII: The Persistent Widow
1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, 2 saying, “There was a judge in a certain…

Chapter XIX: Zacchaeus Meets Jesus
1 He entered and was passing through Jericho. 2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he wa…

Chapter XX: Questioning His Authority
1 On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes…

Chapter XXI: Signs of the End Times
1 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 He saw a certain poor widow ca…

Chapter XXII: The Last Supper
1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. 2 The chief priests and the scribes …

Chapter XXIII: The Crucifixion
1 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. 2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this ma…

Chapter XXIV: He Is Risen
1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they…