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Luke · read by John McGregor
121 verses, in order. Only the verses John read aloud are shown.
Luke 1
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Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,Read from NASB1995 · Luke 1
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just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.Read from NASB1995 · Luke 1
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Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,Read from NASB1995 · Luke 1
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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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One day while Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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"How can I be sure of this?" Zechariah asked the angel. "I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years."Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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"I am Gabriel," replied the angel. "I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time."Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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"The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people."Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,Read from NASB1995 · God's Joy in Us
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When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who bears this name."Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, "What then will this child become?" For the Lord's hand was with him.Read from NASB1995 · Lessons for Life
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And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
Luke 3
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In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."Read from NKJV · The Instrument God Uses
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When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,Read from NKJV · The Prayer Life Of Jesus
Luke 4
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Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,Read from ESV · Temptations
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where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.Read from ESV · Temptations
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The devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."Read from ESV · Temptations
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But Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'"Read from ESV · Temptations
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Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.Read from ESV · Temptations
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"I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory," he said. "For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.Read from ESV · Temptations
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But Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'"Read from ESV · Temptations
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Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. "If You are the Son of God," he said, "throw Yourself down from here.Read from ESV · Temptations
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For it is written: 'He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully;Read from ESV · Temptations
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and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.'"Read from ESV · Temptations
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But Jesus answered, "It also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"Read from ESV · Temptations
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When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.Read from ESV · Temptations
Luke 7
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So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, "Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"Read from ESV · Dealing With Doubts
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When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to ask, 'Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?'"Read from ESV · Dealing With Doubts
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At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.Read from ESV · Dealing With Doubts
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So He replied, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.Read from ESV · Dealing With Doubts
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I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."Read from ESV · Dealing With Doubts
Luke 8
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One day Jesus said to His disciples, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So He got into a boat with them and set out.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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The disciples went and woke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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"Where is your faith?" He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!"Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
Luke 9
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As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, "Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here."Read from NKJV · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
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As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (He did not know what he was saying.)Read from NKJV · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
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I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable."Read from NKJV · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
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But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.Read from NKJV · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
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Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.Read from NKJV · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
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"Master," said John, "we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us."Read from NKJV · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
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When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"Read from NASB1995 · John Mcgregor - Broken Before the Throne 2010
Luke 10
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After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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And He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name."Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
Luke 13
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and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
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When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your disability."Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
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Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
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But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. "There are six days for work," he told the crowd. "So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath."Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
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"You hypocrites!" the Lord replied. "Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
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Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?"Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
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When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.Read from NASB1995 · Set on Things Above
Luke 15
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The younger son said to him, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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Finally he came to his senses and said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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The son declared, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.Read from ESV · A Double Revival
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'Your brother has returned,' he said, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.'Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!'Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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'Son, you are always with me,' the father said, 'and all that is mine is yours.Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
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But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"Read from NKJV · A Double Revival
Luke 18
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"In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect men,Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.'"Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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"Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.Read from NKJV · The Prayer Life Of Jesus
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The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.Read from NKJV · The Prayer Life Of Jesus
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I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.'Read from NKJV · The Prayer Life Of Jesus
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But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner!'Read from NKJV · The Prayer Life Of Jesus
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I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."Read from NKJV · The Prayer Life Of Jesus
Luke 19
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Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
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He declared to them, "It is written: 'My house will be a house of prayer.' But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
Luke 23
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Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up His garments by casting lots.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies
Luke 24
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And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.Read from ESV · The Epiphanies