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REFERENCES FOR COMMENTARY OF LESSON ONE

Jan. 29 Lesson 1, pp. 12-18 Questions pg. 22: 1-5Luke 12:1-12

John 14:14You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.

2 Kgs 23:10The king also defiled Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, so that there would no longer be any immolation of sons or daughters by fire in honor of Molech.

Jer 7:31In the Valley of Ben-hinnom they go on building the high places of Topheth to sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire, something I never commanded or considered. 32Be assured! Days are coming—oracle of the LORD—when they will no longer say “Topheth” or “Valley of Ben-hinnom” but “Valley of Slaughter.” For want of space, Topheth will become burial ground.

Jer 19:6Therefore, days are coming—oracle of the LORD—when this place will no longer be called Topheth, or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather, the Valley of Slaughter.

Jer 19:11and say to them: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Thus will I smash this people and this city, as one smashes a clay pot so that it cannot be repaired. And Topheth shall be its burial place, for there will be no other place for burial. 12Thus I will do to this place and to its inhabitants—oracle of the LORD; I will make this city like Topheth. 13And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Topheth, all the houses upon whose roofs they burnt incense to the whole host of heaven and poured out libations to other gods. 14When Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the house of the LORD and said to all the people: 15Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I will bring upon this city all the evil I have spoken against it, because they have become stubborn and have not obeyed my words. Luke 12:13-21

See Luke 16:19-31 on pp. 34 & 35 of your commentary.

Luke 12:22-34Matt 6:25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will

eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or

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reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? 27Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? 28Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. 29But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. 30If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ 32All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. 34Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.

Ps 147:9Who gives animals their food and young ravens what they cry for. Job 38:41Who provides nourishment for the raven when its young cry out to

God, wandering about without food? Song 2:1I am a flower of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Luke 12:35-48See Luke 19:11-27 on pp. 50 & 51 of your commentary.

Luke 12:49-59Luke 4:16He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according

to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read 17and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: 18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, 19and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” 20Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. 21He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Matt 5:25Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. 26Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.

Luke 13:1-9 John 19:16Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. Matt 27:26Then he released Barabbas to them, but after he had Jesus

scourged, he handed him over to be crucified.

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Mark 15:15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him over to be crucified.

Luke 23:25So he released the man who had been imprisoned for rebellion and murder, for whom they asked, and he handed Jesus over to them to deal with as they wished. Josephus Anitquitates Judaicae, Book 18, Chapter 3, line 2: 2. But Pilate undertook to bring a current of water to Jerusalem, and did it with the sacred money, and derived the origin of the stream from the distance of two hundred furlongs. However, the Jews were not pleased with what had been done about this water; and many ten thousands of the people got together, and made a clamor against him, and insisted that he should leave off that design. Some of them also used reproaches, and abused the man, as crowds of such people usually do. So he habited a great number of his soldiers in their habit, who carried daggers under their garments, and sent them to a place where they might surround them. So he bid the Jews himself go away; but they boldly casting reproaches upon him, he gave the soldiers that signal which had been beforehand agreed on; who laid upon them much greater blows than Pilate had commanded them, and equally punished those that were tumultuous, and those that were not; nor did they spare them in the least: and since the people were unarmed, and were caught by men prepared for what they were about, there were a great number of them slain by this means, and others of them ran away wounded. And thus an end was put to this sedition. Josephus “Jewish War” Book 2, Chapter 9: 4. After this he raised another disturbance, by expending that sacred treasure which is called Corban upon aqueducts, whereby he brought water from the distance of four hundred furlongs. At this the multitude had indignation; and when Pilate was come to Jerusalem, they came about his tribunal, and made a clamor at it. Now when he was apprized aforehand of this disturbance, he mixed his own soldiers in their armor with the multitude, and ordered them to conceal themselves under the habits of private men, and not indeed to use their swords, but with their staves to beat those that made the clamor. He then gave the signal from his tribunal [to do as he had bidden them]. Now the Jews were so sadly beaten, that many of them perished by the stripes they received, and many of them perished as trodden to death by themselves; by which means the multitude was astonished at the calamity of those that were slain, and held their peace.

John 9:2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Ps 7:12God is a just judge, powerful and patient, not exercising anger every day. 13If one does not repent, God sharpens his sword, strings and readies the bow,

Judg 9:10Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come; you reign over us!’ 11But the fig tree answered them, ‘Must I give up my sweetness and my sweet fruit, and go off to hold sway over the trees?’

1 Kgs 5:5Thus Judah and Israel lived in security, everyone under their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba, as long as Solomon lived.

2 Kgs 18:31Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me, and surrender to me! Eat, each of you, from your vine, each from your own fig tree. Drink water, each from your own well,

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REFERENCES FOR COMMENTARY OF LESSON ONE

Feb. 5 Lesson One, pp. 18-21 Questions pp. 23: 6-9Luke 13:10-33 None

Luke 13:34-35 Matt 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those

sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling! 38Behold, your house will be abandoned, desolate. 39I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

1 Kgs 9:7I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them and repudiate the house I have consecrated for my name. Israel shall become a proverb and a byword among all nations, 8and this house shall become a heap of ruins. Every passerby shall gasp in horror and ask, “Why has the LORD done such things to this land and to this house?”

2 Kgs 21:16Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that it filled the length and breadth of Jerusalem, in addition to the sin he caused Judah to commit by doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight.

Ps 118:2Let Israel say: his mercy endures forever.Jer 22:5Those near and those far off will mock you: “Defiled of Name!

Queen of Tumult!” Deut 32:11As an eagle incites its nestlings, hovering over its young, So he

spread his wings, took them, bore them upon his pinions. See Luke 19:28-40 on pp. 51 & 52 of your commentary.

END OF LESSON ONE

REFERENCES FOR COMMENTARY OF LESSON TWOFeb. 12 Lesson 2: pp. 26-32 Questions page 37: 1-4Luke 14:1-6

Luke 13:10-17 is on pp. 18 & 19 of your commentary. Luke 6:1While he was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his

disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. 2Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” 3Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry? 4[How] he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions.” 5Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.” 6On another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught, and there

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was a man there whose right hand was withered. 7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. 8But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up and stand before us.” And he rose and stood there. 9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” 10Looking around at them all, he then said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so and his hand was restored. 11But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 11:37After he had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. 38The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. 39The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. 40You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? 41But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you. 42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. 43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces. 44Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.” 45Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” 46And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them. 47Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. 48Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building. 49Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ 50in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, 51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood! 52Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” 53When he left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, 54for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.

Luke 14:7-14 Matt 23:12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles

himself will be exalted.

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Luke 18:14 is on page 46 of your commentary. Luke 7:36A Pharisee invited him to dine with him, and he entered the

Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. 37Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, 38she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. 39When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.” 40Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. 41“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. 42Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” 43Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 44Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. 46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. 47So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” 48He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 50But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 14:15-24 Matt 22:1Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, 2“The

kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 3He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. 4A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’ 5Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 6The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. 9Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.’ 10The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. 11But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. 12He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was

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reduced to silence. 13Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ 14Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Deut 20:5Then the officials shall speak to the army: “Is there anyone who has built a new house and not yet dedicated it? Let him return home, lest he die in battle and another dedicate it. 6Is there anyone who has planted a vineyard and not yet plucked its fruit? Let him return home, lest he die in battle and another pluck its fruit.

Deut 24:5When a man is newly wed, he shall not go out on a military expedition, nor shall any duty be imposed on him. He shall be exempt for one year for the sake of his family, to bring joy to the wife he has married.

Luke 14:25-35Matt 10:37“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of

me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

Luke 15:1-7 Matt 18:12What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of

them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? 13And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. 14In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.

Luke 15:8-10Luke 13:20-21 is on page 19 of your commentary.

Luke 15:11-32 Num 27:8Tell the Israelites: If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall

transfer his heritage to his daughter; 9if he has no daughter, you shall give his heritage to his brothers; 10if he has no brothers, you shall give his heritage to his father’s brothers; 11if his father had no brothers, you shall give his heritage to his nearest relative in his clan, who shall then take possession of it. This will be the statutory procedure for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Num 36:7so that no heritage of the Israelites will pass from one tribe to another, but all the Israelites will retain their own ancestral heritage. 8Every daughter who inherits property in any of the Israelite tribes will marry someone belonging to a clan of her own ancestral tribe, in order that all the Israelites may remain in possession of their own ancestral heritage. 9Thus, no heritage will pass

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from one tribe to another, but all the Israelite tribes will retain their own ancestral heritage.” Feb. 19 Lesson 2: pp. 33-36 Questions page 38: 5-8Luke 16:1-13

Matt 6:24“No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:14-15 None

Luke 16:16-18Read Chapters 10 and 15 in The Acts.Matt 19:9As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew

sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

Mark 10:11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Deut 24:1When a man, after marrying a woman, is later displeased with her because he finds in her something indecent, and he writes out a bill of divorce and hands it to her, thus dismissing her from his house, 2if on leaving his house she goes and becomes the wife of another man, 3and the second husband, too, comes to dislike her and he writes out a bill of divorce and hands it to her, thus dismissing her from his house, or if this second man who has married her dies, 4then her former husband, who dismissed her, may not again take her as his wife after she has become defiled. That would be an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring such guilt upon the land the LORD, your God, is giving you as a heritage.

Luke 16:19-31Recall the Magnificat given in Luke 1:46-55.

END OF LESSON TWO

REFERENCES FOR COMMENTARY OF LESSON THREEFeb. 26 Lesson 3: pp. 42-48 Questions page 54: 1-5Luke 17:1-4

Matt 18:15“If your brother sins [against you], go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.

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Luke 6:27“But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. 30Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. 31Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. 34If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit [is] that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. 35But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful.

Luke 9:52and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samarian village to prepare for his reception there,

Luke 7:50But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”Luke 23:43 is on page 77 of your commentary.

Luke 17:5-6 and 7-10Luke 13:19 is on page 19 of your commentary.

Luke 17:11-19 Lev 14:2This is the ritual for someone that had a scaly infection at the time

of that person’s purification. The individual shall be brought to the priest, 3who is to go outside the camp. If the priest, upon inspection, finds that the scaly infection has healed in the afflicted person, 4he shall order that two live, clean birds, as well as some cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be obtained for the one who is to be purified. 5The priest shall then order that one of the birds be slaughtered over an earthen vessel with fresh water in it. 6Taking the living bird with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, the priest shall dip them, including the live bird, in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water, 7and then sprinkle seven times on the person to be purified from the scaly infection. When he has thus purified that person, he shall let the living bird fly away over the countryside. 8The person being purified shall then wash his garments, shave off all hair, and bathe in water, and so become clean. After this the person may come inside the camp, but shall still remain outside his or her tent for seven days. 9On the seventh day this individual shall again shave off all hair, of the head, beard, and eyebrows—all hair must be shaved—and also wash his garments and bathe the body in water, and so become clean.

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Luke 17:20-37 Dan 7:13As the visions during the night continued, I saw coming with the

clouds of heaven One like a son of man. When he reached the Ancient of Days and was presented before him,

Dan 8:15While I, Daniel, sought the meaning of the vision I had seen, one who looked like a man stood before me, 16and on the Ulai I heard a human voice that cried out, “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.” 17When he came near where I was standing, I fell prostrate in terror. But he said to me, “Understand, O son of man, that the vision refers to the end time.”

Isa 1:9If the LORD of hosts had not left us a small remnant, We would have become as Sodom, would have resembled Gomorrah. 10Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah! 11What do I care for the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD. I have had enough of whole-burnt rams and fat of fatlings; In the blood of calves, lambs, and goats I find no pleasure. 12When you come to appear before me, who asks these things of you? 13Trample my courts no more! To bring offerings is useless; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, calling assemblies—festive convocations with wickedness—these I cannot bear. 14Your new moons and festivals I detest; they weigh me down, I tire of the load. 15When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood! 16Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;

Ezek 16:49Now look at the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were proud, sated with food, complacent in prosperity. They did not give any help to the poor and needy. 50Instead, they became arrogant and committed abominations before me; then, as you have seen, I removed them. 51Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more abominable things than they did. You even made your sisters look righteous, with all the abominations you have done. 52You, then, must bear your disgrace, for you have made a case for your sisters! Because your sins are more abominable than theirs, they seem righteous compared to you. Blush for shame, and bear the disgrace of having made your sisters appear righteous. Josephus The Jewish Wars, Book 5, Chapter 2, line 3: 3. But now, as soon as that legion that had been at Emmaus was joined to Caesar at night, he removed thence, when it was day, and came to a place called Seopus; from whence the city began already to be seen, and a plain view might be taken of the great temple. Accordingly, this place, on the north quarter of the city, and joining thereto, was a plain, and very properly named Scopus, [the prospect,] and was no more than seven furlongs distant from it. And here it was that Titus ordered a camp to be fortified for two legions that were to be together; but ordered another camp to be fortified, at three furlongs farther distance behind them, for the fifth legion; for he thought that, by marching in the night,

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they might be tired, and might deserve to be covered from the enemy, and with less fear might fortify themselves; and as these were now beginning to build, the tenth legion, who came through Jericho, was already come to the place, where a certain party of armed men had formerly lain, to guard that pass into the city, and had been taken before by Vespasian. These legions had orders to encamp at the distance of six furlongs from Jerusalem, at the mount called the Mount of Olives which lies over against the city on the east side, and is parted from it by a deep valley, interposed between them, which is named Cedron.

Luke 21:20-24 on page 63 of your commentary. Luke 18:1-8

Deut 24:17You shall not deprive the resident alien or the orphan of justice, nor take the clothing of a widow as pledge. 18For, remember, you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD, your God, redeemed you from there; that is why I command you to do this. 19When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; let it be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the LORD, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings. 20When you knock down the fruit of your olive trees, you shall not go over the branches a second time; let what remains be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow. 21When you pick your grapes, you shall not go over the vineyard a second time; let what remains be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow. 22For remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; that is why I command you to do this.

Luke 16:1-8 is on page 33 of your commentary.

Luke 18:9-14 Deut 14:22Each year you shall tithe all the produce of your seed that grows

in the field; 23then in the place which the LORD, your God, chooses as the dwelling place of his name you shall eat in his presence the tithe of your grain, wine and oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, that you may learn always to fear the LORD, your God. 24But if, when the LORD, your God, blesses you, the journey is too much for you and you are not able to bring your tithe, because the place which the LORD, your God, chooses to put his name is too far for you, 25you may exchange the tithe for money, and with the money securely in hand, go to the place which the LORD, your God, chooses. 26You may then exchange the money for whatever you desire, oxen or sheep, wine or beer, or anything else you want, and there in the presence of the LORD, your God, you shall consume it and rejoice, you and your household together. 27But do not neglect the Levite within your gates, for he has no hereditary portion with you. 28At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithes of your produce for that year and deposit them within your own communities, 29that the Levite who has no hereditary portion with you, and also the resident alien, the orphan and the widow

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within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied; so that the LORD, your God, may bless you in all that you undertake.

Luke 23:48 is on page 77 of your commentary.

Luke 18:15-17 Acts 16:15After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an

invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she prevailed on us.

Acts 16:33He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once.

Acts 18:8Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.

Luke 18:18-23 None

March 4 Lesson Three: pp. 48-53 Questions page 56: 6-10Luke 18:24-30

Luke: 16:1-13 is on page 33 in your commentary.Mark 10:30who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present

age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.

Luke 18:31-34Luke 9:22Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must

deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:44“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be

handed over to men.” 45But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

Luke 17:25 is on page 44 in your commentary

Luke 18:35-43Luke 9:51When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely

determined to journey to Jerusalem,Mark 10:46They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his

disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.

Luke 3:31the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

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Luke 20:41 is on page 61 in your commentary.

Luke 19:1-10 None

Luke 19:11-27Mark 13:34It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his

servants in charge, each with his work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.

Matt 25:15To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one—to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately

Luke 19:28-40John 11:17When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the

tomb for four days. 18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away.

Zech 9:9Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

John 12:13they took palm branches and went out to meet him, and cried out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, [even] the king of Israel.”

Luke 13:35 is on page 61, 16:16 is on page 34, and 18:15-17 is on page 47 in your commentary.

Luke 2:14”Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

Matt 21:16and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes; and have you never read the text, ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nurslings you have brought forth praise’?”

Luke 19:41-44 Luke 13:34-35 is on page 21 in your commentary. Matt 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those

sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling! 38Behold, your house will be abandoned, desolate. 39I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Luke 21:21-24 is on page 83 in your commentary. Jer 6:6For thus says the LORD of hosts: Hew down her trees, throw up a

siege mound against Jerusalem. Woe to the city marked for punishment; there is nothing but oppression within her!

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Ezek 4:2Lay siege to it: build up siege works, raise a ramp against it, pitch camps and set up battering rams all around it.

Luke 19:41-48John 2:15 He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple

area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables,

Isa 56:7Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Jer 7:11Has this house which bears my name become in your eyes a den of thieves? I have seen it for myself!—oracle of the Lord.

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REFERENCES FOR COMMENTARY OF LESSON FOURMarch 11 Lesson 4: pp. 58-64 Questions page 70: 1-5Luke 20:1-8

See page 90 in the Part One commentary book for Luke 11:14-23.Luke 20:9-19

Isa 5:1Now let me sing of my friend, my beloved’s song about his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; 2He spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; Within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he waited for the crop of grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes. 3Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard: 4What more could be done for my vineyard that I did not do? Why, when I waited for the crop of grapes, did it yield rotten grapes? 5Now, I will let you know what I am going to do to my vineyard: Take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break through its wall, let it be trampled! 6Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but will be overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to rain upon it. 7The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

Go to your Bible for Psalm 80 [….9You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out nations and planted it. 10You cleared out what was before it; it took deep root and filled the land. 11The mountains were covered by its shadow, the cedars of God by its branches. 12It sent out its boughs as far as the sea, its shoots as far as the river….]

Matt 21:39They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

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Mark 12:8So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. Isa 8:14He shall be a snare, a stone for injury, A rock for stumbling to

both the houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to those who dwell in Jerusalem; 15And many among them shall stumble; fallen and broken; snared and captured.

Luke 2:34and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted

Acts 18:6When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:28Let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”

Rom 11:17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree, 18do not boast against the branches. If you do boast, consider that you do not support the root; the root supports you.

1 Pet 2:6For it says in scripture: “Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a cornerstone, chosen and precious, and whoever believes in it shall not be put to shame.” 7Therefore, its value is for you who have faith, but for those without faith: “The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

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Luke 20:27-40Deut 25:5When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son,

the widow of the deceased shall not marry anyone outside the family; but her husband’s brother shall come to her, marrying her and performing the duty of a brother-in-law. 6The firstborn son she bears shall continue the name of the deceased brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

Matt 22:23On that day Sadducees approached him, saying that there is no resurrection. They put this question to him, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies* without children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ 25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died and, having no descendants, left his wife to his brother. 26The same happened with the second and the third, through all seven. 27Finally the woman died. 28Now at the resurrection, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had been married to her.” 29Jesus said to them in reply, “You are misled because you do not know the scriptures……..

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Mark 12:18Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, 19saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ 20Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants. 21So the second married her and died…..

Matt 19:12Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.” Luke 20:41-44 None

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Luke 21:1-4 Mark 12:41He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd

put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. 42A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. 43Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. 44For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”

Luke 21:5-6John 2:20The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-

six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” Josephus, Antiquitates Book15,Chapter 11, lines1-7 and his Jewish Wars Book 4 and Book 5 may be found through DuckDuckGo.com, or similar search engine.

Luke 21:7-11Find Luke 17:22-37 on pps 44 & 45; READ Matt 24 and Mark 13 in your Bible.

Luke 21:12-19Find Luke 12:11-12 on page 13 of this commentary book Part Two.

Luke 21:20-24You may find Josephus, Jewish Wars 5.2-3i on the BBB website

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Hosea 9:7They have come, the days of punishment! they have come, the days of recompense! Let Israel know it! “The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad!” Because your iniquity is great, great, too, is your hostility.

Sir 28:18Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not as many as by the tongue.

Deut 28:64The LORD will scatter you among all the peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods, of wood and stone, which you and your ancestors have not known.

Zech 12:3On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all peoples. All who attempt to lift it will injure themselves badly, though all the nations of the earth will gather against it.

Luke 21:25-28 and 29-33 None

Luke 21:34-36 Find Luke 22:39-46 on pages 67 and 68 of this reference book.

Luke 21:37-38 None

REFERENCES FOR COMMENTARY OF LESSON FOURMarch 18 Lesson 4: pp. 65-69 Questions page 71: 6-10Luke 22:1-6

Go to the Part One book, pages 37&38, [or your bible] for Luke 4:1-13.

Luke 22:7-38John 13:1Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to

pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.

1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, 24and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

Exod 12:12For on this same night I will go through Egypt, striking down every firstborn in the land, human being and beast alike, and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt—I, the LORD! 13But for you the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thereby, when I strike the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you. 14This day will

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be a day of remembrance for you, which your future generations will celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD; you will celebrate it as a statute forever. 15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. From the very first day you will have your houses clear of all leaven. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh will be cut off from Israel. 16On the first day you will hold a sacred assembly, and likewise on the seventh. On these days no sort of work shall be done, except to prepare the food that everyone needs.

Exod 24:5Then, having sent young men of the Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice young bulls as communion offerings to the LORD, 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in large bowls; the other half he splashed on the altar. 7Taking the book of the covenant, he read it aloud to the people, who answered, “All that the LORD has said, we will hear and do.” 8Then he took the blood and splashed it on the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words.”

Recall the Magnificat at Luke 1:46-55 on pg. 17 of your Part One book.

Luke 22:39-53 Matt 4:11Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to

him. Mark 1:13and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He

was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. See Luke 23:44 on page 77 of the commentary.John 18:10Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high

priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus.

Luke 22:54-65 See Luke 23:36-37 on page 77 of the commentary.

Luke 22:66-71Luke 1:32and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his

kingdom there will be no end.” Luke 1:35And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon

you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

Dan 7:13As the visions during the night continued, I saw coming with the clouds of heaven One like a son of man. When he reached the Ancient of Days and was presented before him,

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Luke 23:1-5Luke 13:1At that time some people who were present there told him about

the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

Luke 23:6-12 Luke 9:9But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I

hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him. Ps 2:1Why do the nations protest and the peoples conspire in vain? 2Kings

on earth rise up and princes plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one:

Acts 4:25you said by the holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant: ‘Why did the Gentiles rage and the peoples entertain folly? 26The kings of the earth took their stand and the princes gathered together against the Lord and against his anointed.’ 27Indeed they gathered in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28to do what your hand and [your] will had long ago planned to take place.

Luke 23:13-25Matt 27:15Now on the occasion of the feast the governor was accustomed to

release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wished. Mark 15:6Now on the occasion of the feast he used to release to them one

prisoner whom they requested.

Luke 23:26-32Acts 11:20There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among them, however,

who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:1Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Find Luke 21:6-28 on pages 62-64 in your commentary.

Luke 23:33-43Find Luke 22:43-44 on page 68 in your commentary.Find Luke 22:49-51 on page 68 in your commentary.

Go to your Bible and SLOWLY read Psalm 22, Isaiah 53, and Wisdom 2-3.

Luke 23:44-49

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Isa 13:10The stars of the heavens and their constellations will send forth no light; The sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not give its light.

Amos 8:9On that day—oracle of the Lord GOD—I will make the sun set at midday and in broad daylight cover the land with darkness.

Find Luke 22:39-46 on page 67 in your commentary. Luke 10:21At that very moment he rejoiced [in] the holy Spirit and said, “I

give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

Luke 11:2He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.

Luke 9:31who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Ps 31:6Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, LORD, God of truth.

Find Luke 18:9-14 on page 46 in your commentary. Matt 27:46And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,

lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Mark 15:34And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

John 19:26When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”

John 19:28After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.”

John 19:30When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.

Luke 23:50-56Go to the Part One book, pages 26 & 27[or your bible] for Luke 2:25-38. Luke 8:1Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another,

preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve 2and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.

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April 1. Lesson 5: pp. 79-82 Questions page 84: 6-10

Luke 24:1-12 None

Luke 24:13-35John 19:25Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s

sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Mark 16:12After this he appeared in another form to two of them walking

along on their way to the country. 13They returned and told the others; but they did not believe them either.

Acts 1:15During those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said, 16“My brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled which the holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17He was numbered among us and was allotted a share in this ministry. 18He bought a parcel of land with the wages of his iniquity, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out. 19This became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem, so that the parcel of land was called in their language ‘Akeldama,’ that is, Field of Blood. 20For it is written in the Book of Psalms: ‘Let his encampment become desolate, and may no one dwell in it.’ And: ‘May another take his office.’ 21Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among us, 22beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us, become with us a witness to his resurrection.” 23So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. 24Then they prayed, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen 25to take the place in this apostolic ministry from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.” 26Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles.

Luke 24:36-49 ERROR – not John 19:19-29, but 20:19-29.

John 20:19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy Spirit. 23Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” 24Thomas, called

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Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” 28Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Acts 2:1When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. 2And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. 3Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. 4And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. 5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. 6At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? 8Then how does each of us hear them in his own native language? 9We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, 11both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.” 12They were all astounded and bewildered, and said to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others said, scoffing, “They have had too much new wine.”

Acts 2:14Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words. 15These people are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17‘It will come to pass in the last days,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. 18Indeed, upon my servants and my handmaids I will pour out a portion of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy. 19And I will work wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and a cloud of smoke. 20The sun shall

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be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of the Lord, 21and it shall be that everyone shall be saved who calls on the name of the Lord.’ 22You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. 23This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. 24But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. 25For David says of him: ‘I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. 26Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope, 27because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption. 28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ 29My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day. 30But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, 31he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption. 32God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. 33Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as you (both) see and hear. 34For David did not go up into heaven, but he himself said: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand 35until I make your enemies your footstool.”’ 36Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?”t 38Peter [said] to them, “Repent and be baptized,* every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. 39For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call.” 40He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.

Luke 24:50-53 Acts 1:6When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at

this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own

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authority. 8But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. 10While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. 11They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” 12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away.

Luke 9:51When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,

Luke 9:31who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Luke 22:53Day after day I was with you in the temple area, and you did not seize me; but this is your hour, the time for the power of darkness.”

Acts 2:1When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. 2And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. 3Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. 4And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

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END OF LUKE PART TWO

April 8 & 15 Holy Week/Easter Week

April 22 Business Meeting – Spring Luncheon

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