Narrative Lectionary

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Commentary on Luke 22:1-27

This reading for Maundy Thursday includes most of the narrative focusing on Jesus’ Passover meal [...]

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Commentary on Luke 19:29-44

It’s the kind of thing politicians think about—the optics of an entrance. The thought that [...]

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Commentary on Luke 18:31—19:10

It is an unsettling feeling, when houseguests drop in. You [...]

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Commentary on Luke 16:19-31

This parable lends itself to preaching the terrors, and maybe that’s warranted from time to [...]

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Commentary on Luke 15:1-32

This is quite a cluster of texts for a preacher to tackle. Should you read [...]

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Commentary on Luke 13:1-9, 31-35

In Luke 13:1–5, Jesus addresses the crowd—presumably the same one [...]

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Commentary on Luke 10:25-42

Where to begin with such an embarrassment of riches? Seen from one angle, the parable [...]

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Commentary on Luke 9:51-62

On more ordinary kinds of journeys, with parents at the wheel and children in the [...]

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Commentary on Luke 9:28-45

Luke Timothy Johnson’s The Gospel of Luke commentary emphasizes a reading strategy that aims to [...]

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Commentary on Luke 7:18-35

When messengers of John the Baptist come to see if Jesus is who he says [...]