The World English Bible (WEB): Luke
The Gospel of Luke opens not with thunder and spectacle, but with a doctor writing to a friend. Luke, a physician, addresses Theophilus with careful intent, promising to set down in order the things most surely believed. What follows is the most meticulously researched account of Jesus' life ever written, one that reads less like scripture and more like the finest ancient biography. The narrative begins with two annunciations: first to an elderly priest named Zacharias, who will father John the Baptist despite his wife's barrenness, then to a young woman in Nazareth named Mary, who will bear the Son of God. These opening chapters contain some of the most stirring poetry in Western literature: Mary's Magnificat, the prophecy of the aged Simeon over the infant Jesus, the angelic chorus to shepherds in the field. Luke's distinctive focus on the marginalized, the poor, and the overlooked runs through even these foundational moments. Women are central figures. The outcast becomes the sacred. This is a Gospel written for the excluded, and it begins by telling them they were always included.
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“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.””
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“I believe in happy endings,” I tell him. “And it feels like this movie has gone on forthe right amount of time.”“Movie?” Dr. Patel says, and I think he would look exactly like Gandhi if he had thosewire-rim glasses and a shaved head, which is weird, especially since we are in leatherrecliners in such a bright, happy room and well, Gandhi is dead, right?“Yeah,” I say. “Haven’t you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?””
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“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.””
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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.””
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“Blessed are the peacemakers:for they shall be called the children of God.””
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“To you, Pharisees, teachers of law, hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices and mint. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law”
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“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.””
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“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””
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“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.””
— Anonymous
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