Luke 8:1-3 and Matthew 13:1-23 These three verses in Luke are not likewise covered in any of the other gospels. (For more info, see my first 2019 post below.) Strange that I would be reading this account and my 2019 comments when I have been reflecting on what I might say to the parish tomorrow …
Monthly Archives: February 2021
February 19 / Luke 8:19-21, 11:24-36, 12:10-12
Luke 8:19-21, 11:24-36, 12:10-12 Today, Luke’s writing on a number of items that we have covered the past few days in Matthew and Mark, with a number of my 2019 comments repeated in the links below… And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about …
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February 18 / Matt. 12:31-32, 38-50; Mark 3:28-35
Matthew 12:31-32, 38-50, and Mark 3:28-35 It’s been hard to organize material when the Synoptic gospels report on the same incidents – trying to keep chapters together, but also trying to follow the same incidents in two or three gospels. In addition the readings in 2019 were much shorter, so today’s readings in Matthew and …
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February 17 / Matt. 12:22-30; Mark 3:20-27; Luke 11:14-23
Matthew 12:22-30, Mark 3:20-27, and Luke 11:14-23 RTNT 2021. Then He went home… (Mark 3:20) This is one of the few recorded occasions (that I recall) where Jesus “went home”. Presumably Mark is referring to Peter’s (and Andrew’s?) house in Capernaum, for which there are a number of indications that Jesus used this house as …
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February 16 / Luke 7:36-50
Luke 7:36-50 Each of the gospel writers records an anointing. Luke has his early in Jesus’ ministry, in Galilee; the other three place the (an?) anointing at the end of Jesus’ life, in Bethany in Judea. John is the only writer who names the woman – Mary – presumably Lazarus’ and Martha’s sister. Matthew’s and …
February 15 / Luke 7:18-35
Luke 7:18-35 When we read these Matthew and Luke accounts on consecutive days we see how very similar they are – which makes the differences between them more pronounced. As happened to me two years ago, verses 29 and 30 caught my eye: When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they …
February 14 / Matt. 11:2-19
Matthew 11:2-19 I got my undergraduate degree from a public institution, the University of Illinois. I was pleased to learn that this public institution offered a pair of Old and New Testament courses as fulfilling the Humanities General Studies requirement (and I certainly did not want to take Shakespeare courses!). It was in this NT …
February 13 / Luke 7:1-17
Luke 7:1-17 I don’t know what to make of the following verses: Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited His people!” And this report about Him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. (Luke 7:16-17) It would be …
February 12 / Matt. 8:5-13; John 4:46-54
Matthew 8:5-13 and John 4:46-54 Today and tomorrow we have three accounts of Jesus healing a young man “from afar”. Matthew (today) and Luke (tomorrow) have very similar accounts; most scholars believe them to be recounting the same incident. John’s account (also today) is quite different from the other two; to my mind these are …
February 11 / Luke 6:43-49; Matt. 12:33-37; Matt. 7:21-29
Luke 6:43-49 and Matthew 12:33-37; 7:21-29 It’s been a challenge to organize these readings and keep similar material from the Synoptics together, especially when it’s only three or four verses that overlap. The Sermon on the Mount creates the most difficulty, in terms of small common sections. So today we have three reading sections and …
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