Category: Daily Devotional

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins… Luke 21:1-4 Jesus was observing people in the temple. He watched people of wealth and affluence go out of their way to the offering box and, out of the abundance of their great wealth,…

But He [Jesus] said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son?… Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts… Luke 20:41-47 After Jesus Authoritatively answers the questions of the Sadducees,…

…some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, and…asked…saying, …if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children…(his brother) must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers… Luke 20:27-40 In this scene, Jesus is confronted by a sect called Sadducees regarding the afterlife and a married man…

So they asked him [Jesus]…Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not? Luke 20:19-26 When the religious leaders “perceived” that they were the “wicked tenants” in Jesus’ parable, they sought to lay hands on Him immediately. But, they feared the crowds of people around Jesus for many of them believed Jesus to be…

And He [Jesus] began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants… Luke 20:9-18 Immediately after Jesus’ challenge to the religious leaders regarding His authority, He tells the parable of the wicked tenants. The religious leaders were present to hear this parable which implicated them directly, as they perceived…

One day, as Jesus was teaching…in the temple…the chief priests…said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” Luke 20:1-8 In the last days of Jesus’ earthly ministry, He continued to teach and preach the gospel message, even in the Temple, in Jerusalem, which is the…

And when He [Jesus] drew near and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! Luke 19:41-44 Jesus is nearing the city of Jerusalem. Looking at the city, Jesus weeps for the people of Jerusalem because, as He says that if…

…they were bringing…infants to Him [Jesus] that He might touch them…the disciples…rebuked them. Luke 18:15-17 This very short teaching by Jesus gives the reader a lot to consider of those who are chosen by God to be a part of the Bride of Christ. Jesus was a very popular “prophet” in all Israel. He always…

…there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, “Give me justice against my adversary…” Luke 18:1-8 Until Pentecost which occurs in May, we will step back into the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry with some additional teachings from our…

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet…went up to the upper room…with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers…And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Acts 1:12-26 After Jesus had given…