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Luke · read by Richard Owen Roberts
64 verses, in order. Only the verses Richard read aloud are shown.
Luke 1
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In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,Read from ESV · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 ESV · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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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 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,Read from ESV · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant usRead from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,Read from ESV · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.Read from ESV · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
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to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Man's Great Hope - Part 1
Luke 2
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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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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 NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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The crowds asked him, "What then should we do?"Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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John replied, "Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same."Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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Even tax collectors came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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"Collect no more than you are authorized," he answered.Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" "Do not take money by force or false accusation," he said. "Be content with your wages."Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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John answered all of them: "I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
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His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."Read from NASB1995 · Luke 3:1 - Divine Visitations
Luke 6
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Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I say?Read from NASB1995 · Change Our Heart's - Part 5
Luke 7
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But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Unreckoned
Luke 19
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As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over itRead from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Unreckoned
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and said, "If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Unreckoned
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They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Unreckoned
Luke 20
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until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."'Read from ESV · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
Luke 24
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And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."Read from NASB1995 · (A Divine Visitation) Hope Renewed