The Best verses in Luke (ESV)
Luke
• Luke 1:3–4 "to write an orderly account .... that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught”
• Luke 1:37 “For nothing will be impossible with God.”
• Luke 1:41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
• Luke 1:46-47 “My soul magnifies the Lord, & my spirit rejoices in God my Savior”
• Lk1:79 to give light to those who sit in darkness &in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace
• Lk2:10–11 I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior
• Lk2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
• Lk2:14 “Glory to God in the highest &on earth peace among those w/whom he is pleased!”
• Luke 2:37-38 She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. ...she began to give thanks to God
• Luke 3:8-14 Bear fruits in keeping w/repentance …share w/him who has none …Collect no more than you are authorized…be content w/your wages
• Luke 3:18–20 Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him...for all the evil things that Herod had done...he locked up John in prison.
• Luke 4:13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
• Luke 4:29 they rose up &drove him out of the town &brought him to the brow of the hill …so that they could throw him down the cliff.
• Lk4:32 “his word possessed authority”
• Luke 5:10-11 “from now on you will be catching men.” And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
• Luke 5:18 some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, &they were seeking to bring him in &lay him before Jesus
• Lk6:27-28 “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.”
• Luke 6:27,31 “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you...as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.”
• Luke 6:45-46 “out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. ...’Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?’”
• Luke 7:15 “And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.”
• Luke 7:22 blind receive…sight…lame…walk, lepers are cleansed,…deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.
• Luke 7:38 she began to wet his feet w/her tears &wiped them w/the hair of her head &kissed his feet &anointed them w/the ointment
• Luke 7:47 "Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
• Luke 7:50 "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
• Luke 8:15 the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
• Luke 8:48 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
• Luke 9:9 “Herod said, ‘John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?’ And he sought to see him.”
• Luke 9:23 “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me”
• Luke 9:48 “For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”
• Lk9:62 “No one who puts his hand to the plow &looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 10:2 “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few…pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers”
• Luke 10:16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
• Luke 10:17 “The seventy-two returned with joy and said, ‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.’”
• Luke 10:18-19 “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority…to overcome all the power of the enemy
• Luke 10:20 “However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
• Luke 10:27 love the Lord your God with all your heart &w/all your soul &w/all your strength &w/all your mind, &your neighbor as yourself
• Luke 10:40 Martha was distracted with much serving.
• Luke 10:39,42 Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet & listened to his teaching. ... the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.
• Luke 10:41–42 the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary.”
• Luke 11:24-26 “When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
• Luke 11:26 “an evil spirit…goes and takes 7 other spirits…&they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse”
• Luke 11:28 “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
• Luke 12:25-26 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? … why are you anxious about the rest?
• Luke 12:40 “You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
• Lk13:3 “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
• Luke 13:13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.
• Luke 14:11 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Luke 14:23 “the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways & hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.”
• Luke 14:33 “So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.”
• Luke 15:19 "I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ And he arose and came to his father.”
• Luke 15:20 “&he arose &came to his father. …his father saw him &felt compassion, &ran &embraced him &kissed him”
• Luke 15:19–24 But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
• Luke 15:19–24 ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him...For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’
• Luke15:31 "Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours"
• Luke 15:32 "your brother was dead, & is alive; he was lost, & is found.’”
• Luke 16:10 One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, &one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
• Luke 16:13,15 You cannot serve God &money...For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God
• Lk16:15 “what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God”
• Lk16:18 Everyone who divorces his wife &marries another commits adultery &he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery
• Lk16:28-29 “ warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' ... ’They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'”
• Luke 17:10 “when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”
• Luke 17:30–33 when the Son of Man is revealed....not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it
• Luke 18:1 “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.”
• Luke 18:9 “He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt”
• Luke 18:13-14 “‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ …For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Luke 18:17-18 “whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it...’what must I do to inherit eternal life?’"
• Luke 19:5-6 “‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.’ So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.”
• Luke 19:10 "the Son of Man came to seek & to save the lost.”
• Luke 19:48 "all the people were hanging on his words”
• Luke 20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'
• Luke 20:26 they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.
• Luke20:46–47 “Beware of the scribes…"
• Luke 21:25–27 “there will be signs in sun &moon &stars, &on the earth…then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power”
• Luke 21:33–34 "Heaven &earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ...But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down…”
• Luke 22:19-20 “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me... likewise the cup…is the new covenant in my blood.”
• Luke 22:31–32 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you”
• Luke 22:32 “but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
• Luke 22:42 "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
• Luke 22:43 “And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.”
• Luke 22:44 “And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
• Luke 22:61 "the Lord turned & looked at Peter. &Peter remembered ...“you will deny me three times.”
• Lk23:11 Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt &mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
• Lk23:34 "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”
• Luke 23:41-42 “‘this man has done nothing wrong.’...And he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’”
• Luke 23:43 Jesus “said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.’”
• Lk24:1 “on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb”
• Luke 24:5–6 “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you”?
• Luke 24:27 “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”
• Luke 24:31 “And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.”
• Luke 24:34 “The Lord has risen indeed”!
• Luke 24:52–53 "they worshiped him...and were continually in the temple blessing God.”