The Gabriel Version

The Gabriel Version

The Testimony of Yeshua

LUKE 9-16 (Gabriel Version)

Index
Introduction

Luke 9: Yeshua called His twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and diseases, to heal them. 2 He sent them out to herald the Kingdom of Yehovah and to heal the sick. 3 He told them, “Dont take anything for the journey, no staff, no wallet, no bread, no money, and dont carry a second coat. 4 When you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area. 5 Anywhere people refuse to accept you, when you leave that town, shake the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them”. 6 The envoys went traveling around the villages and towns heralding and healing everywhere.
7 Herod the Tetrarch heard about everything He was doing, and he was disturbed because some were saying that John had come back to life. 8 But others said that Elijah had reappeared, while others said that one of the ancient prophets had been raised from the dead. 9 Herod said, “I beheaded John, so who is this I’m hearing these reports about”? And he wanted to see Him. 10 When the envoys returned, they told Yeshua everything that they had done. Then He took them away to an uninhabited area near Bethsaida. 11 When the crowd became aware of it they followed Him and He welcomed them and spoke with them about the Kingdom of Yehovah, and those who needed to be healed were healed.
12 His disciples came around near sunset and told Him, “Send the crowd away so that they can go into the villages around us and to the farming communities to spend the night and buy some food, because we’re in an uninhabited place”. 13 Yeshua told then, “You give them something to eat”. But they replied, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we were to go and buy food for all of these people”. 14 There were about five thousand men. Yeshua told them, “Have them sit down in groups of fifty”. 15 So the disciples had them all sit down. 16 Yeshua took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to Heaven, He blessed and broke it and gave it to His disciples to present to the crowds. 17 Everyone ate and was filled, and they picked up many left over pieces of food—twelve baskets. 18 Once, when He was praying by Himself, the disciples were with Him and He asked them, “Who do the people say that I am”? 19 They answered, “John the Immerser, others say You are Elijah, and others say a prophet, one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life”.
20 He asked them, “But who do you say that I am”? Simon replied, “Yehovah’s Messiah”. 21 But He gave them a strict order and also cautioned them not to tell anyone. 22 He told them, “The Son of Man is to suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders and the leading priests and Torah teachers, and they’ll kill Him, but on the third day He’ll be raised to life again”.
23 He told everyone, “Anyone who wants to follow Me must deny themself and take up their cross daily and follow Me”. 24 Anyone who would rescue their life will lose it, but anyone who would lose their life for My sake will Rescue it. 25 How would a person profit if they were to gain the whole world but lose or forfeit their eternal Life? 26 If anyone is ashamed of Me and of My truths, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when He comes in the splendor of His Father and His Messengers. 27 I am absolutely certain that some of you standing here wont experience death until you see the Kingdom of Yehovah with your own eyes.
28 About eight days after these discourses, Yeshua took Simon and James and John, and went up onto a mountain to pray. 29 While He prayed, the appearance of His face was changed, and His clothing became white and radiant. 30 Suddenly there were two men talking with Him. They were Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in an exalted state. They were talking about His departure that was to take place in Jerusalem. 32 Simon and those with him were overcome with drowsiness and barely awake [1] when they saw His splendor, and the two men who stood with Him. 33 As they were about to leave Him, Simon said to Yeshua, “Master, it is delightful for us to be here. Let’s make three booths here, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”. But he wasnt aware of what he was saying [because he was “barely awake”].
34 As he was saying this, a cloud overshadowed them and they were afraid when they saw Moses and Elijah go up into the cloud. 35 Then a voice came from the cloud that said, “This is My dear Son [Greek: chosen Son], listen to Him”. 36 When the voice was finished, Yeshua was there alone. They kept it to themselves, not telling anyone at that time what they had seen.
37 The next day, after they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd came to meet them [Greek: Him]. 38 A man from the crowd yelled out, “Master, I beg you to notice me [Greek: my son]. Here is my only son. 39 A spirit comes on him, and suddenly he’s yelling out and grinding his teeth and foaming at the mouth, and it doesnt leave him without pummeling him. 40 I tried to have your disciples cast it out, but they couldnt”.
41 Yeshua replied, “You unbelieving and perverse nation! How long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here”.
42 While he was bringing him, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. Yeshua scolded the unclean spirit and healed the youth and gave him back to his father. 43 They were all astonished at the majesty of Yehovah. While everyone was expressing amazement at what Yeshua had done, He told His disciples, 44 “Treasure these words in your minds, because the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men”. 45 But they didnt understand what He said because their understanding was blocked, so that they couldnt understand it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
46 They began to consider which of them would be the greatest. 47 Yeshua knew their very thoughts, so He took a child and had him stand next to Him. 48 Then He told them, “Whoever welcomes a child like this in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me, because the lowliest among you will be the greatest”.
49 John said, “Master, we saw a man casting out demons in Your name and we stopped him because he wasnt following You, along with us”.
50 Yeshua told them, “Dont stop him, because whoever isnt against you is for you”.
51 When the time for His ascension was near, He resolutely headed toward Jerusalem. 52 He sent envoys ahead of Him, and they entered a Samaritan village to arrange for His lodging. 53 But they didnt welcome Him because He was headed for Jerusalem. 54 When His disciples James and John saw it they asked Him, “Master, is is alright if we call for fire to come down from Heaven and consume them, as Elijah did”? 55 He turned and scolded them and said, “You dont know what kind of spirit you are advocating”. 56 The Son of Man hasnt come to destroy humanity, but to preserve it. Then they went on to another village.
57 As they traveled along the road, someone told Him, “I’ll follow You wherever You go, Master”. 58 Yeshua replied, “Foxes have dens and the birds overhead have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head”. 59 He told another, “Follow Me”. But he replied, “Master, allow me to first go and bury my father”. 60 Yeshua replied, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead. But you should go and proclaim the Kingdom of Yehovah”.
61 Another told him, “I’ll follow You, Master, but first allow me to say goodbye to my family, then I’ll come”. 62 Yeshua replied, “No one putting their hand to the ox plow and then looking backward is fit for the Kingdom of Yehovah”.

[1] The Greek to English versions say that they were “fully awake”.

Luke 10: After this, Yeshua appointed seventy other people and sent them out in pairs ahead of Him to every place and town where He planned to visit. 2 He told them, “The harvest is huge, but the harvesters are few. So pray that Yehovah the Harvester will send harvesters into His harvest”. 3 Now go, but be aware that I’m sending you out as lambs among wolves! 4 Dont take a handbag or a wallet or sandals, and dont visit [1] anyone along the way.
5 Whenever you go into a house, say right away, “May there be peace in this house”. 6 If a peace loving person is there, your peace will remain with them, but if not, your peace will come back to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking at their table, because the laborer is worthy of his wages. Dont move from house to house.
8 Whenever you come to a town where you are welcome, eat what they serve you. 9 Heal those who are sick and tell them, “The Kingdom of Yehovah has come near you”. 10 But any town you come into that doesnt welcome you, go out into the street and say, 11 “We’ll shake off the very dust of your town that sticks to our feet, protesting you, but be certain of this, the Kingdom of Yehovah has come near you”. 12 I can assure you that it will be more tolerable for Sodom on Judgment Day than for that town.
13 I pity you Chorazin, I pity you Bethsaida. If the miracles that had been done in you had been seen in Tyre and Sidon, they would have amended their ways long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on Judgment Day, than it is for you. 15 Capernaum, you have elevated yourself up to Heaven, but you’ll be brought down to Sheol.
16 Anyone who listens to you listens to Me, and anyone who rejects you rejects Me. Anyone who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.
17 The seventy He sent out returned and were elated. They said, “Master, even the demons were subject to us in Your name”. 18 He told them, “I saw Satan fall like a lightning flash from the sky”. 19 I’m giving you the ability to trample snakes and scorpions as well as overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you! 20 But dont be elated because the demons yield to you, rather be elated because your names are recorded in Heaven.
21 On that same occasion, Yeshua rejoiced in the dedicated spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Aloha of Heaven and earth, that You’ve hidden these things from the scholars and intellectuals, and have revealed them to babes, yes Father, because these are the ones You want”.
22 He turned to His disciples and told them [2], “Everything is committed to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except for the Father, or who the Father is except for the Son, and whoever the Son chooses to reveal Him to”.
23 When they were alone He told to His disciples, “Your eyes are blessed by what they have seen”. 24 I can tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you have seen and didnt see them, and to hear what you have heard and didnt hear them.
25 One day a Torah teacher stood up to test Him and asked, “Master, what must I do to inherit eternal Life”?
26 Yeshua asked him, “How is it written in the Torah? How do you understand it”? 27 He replied, “You must love Yehovah your Aloha with all of your intellectual endeavors, with all of your inner self [psuche (psyche)], with all of your understanding, and with all your ability, and your neighbors as yourself”.
28 Yeshua told him, “Your reply is correct, do this and you’ll Live”.
29 But he, wanting to justify himself added, “And who are my neighbors”? 30 Yeshua replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was overtaken by robbers who stripped him and beat him and left him for dead, and went their way. 31 Now a priest happened to be traveling that way, and he saw him but walked on by. 32 Then a Levite approached the same spot and saw him, but walked on. 33 But a Samaritan was traveling by, and he came across the man, and was merciful to him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds with oil and wine, and put him on his donkey and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day at dawn, he gave two denarii to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take good care of him, and if you have any more expenses, when I return I’ll reimburse you’.
36 So which of these three appears to you to have been a neighbor to the man who was attacked by robbers”? 37 He said, “The one who had mercy on him”. Yeshua replied, “Go and do the same”.
38 Then, as they were traveling along, He went into a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 She had a sister named Mary. She came and sat at the Master’s feet and listened to His teachings. 40 But Martha was preoccupied with all the preparations, and she came and asked Him, “Master, dont You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me”.
41 Yeshua replied, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about so many things, 42 but only one thing is really matters, and Mary has made the right decision, and she wont be deprived of it”.

[1] Usually translated as “greet” , but “a salutation was made not merely by a slight gesture and a few words, but generally involved embracing and kissing, a journey was retarded frequently by saluting”. OBGL [2] The Greek omits all of the words preceding “Everything”

Luke 11: He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples asked Him, “Master teach us to pray like John taught His disciples”. 2 Yeshua told them, “When you pray say, ‘Father in Heaven, Your name is hallowed, may Your Kingdom come. May Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 3 Give us daily the bread we need, 4 and remit our sins, because we also remit those of everyone indebted to us. Dont bring us trials, but deliver us from evil’”.
5 He told them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 because a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to serve him”?
7 His friend from inside might answer, “Dont bother me. The door is locked and my children are with me in bed, I cant get up and give you anything. 8 I tell you, altho He wont help you because he is your friend, he’ll get up and give you whatever you want because of your persistency.
9 So I tell you, “Ask and you will receive, seek and you’ll find, knock and the door will be opened for you, 10 because everyone who asks will receive, and everyone who seeks will find, and the person who knocks has the door opened.
11 Is there a father among you who, if your son asks you for bread, would hand him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, would hand him a snake instead of a fish, 12 or if he asks for an egg, would hand him a scorpion? 13 So if those of you who are far from perfect know how to give useful gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give the dedicated spirit to those who ask Him”?
14 He was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man began to speak and the people were amazed. 15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of demons”. 16 Others demanded a sign from Heaven to test Him.
17 But since He knew their thoughts, Yeshua told them, “Every kingdom that is divided into camps will be laid waste, and any house that is divided up wont stand. 18 So if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Since you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub, explain that! 19 If I cast out demons by Beelzebub, who casts them out for your sons? That’s why they’ll be your judges. 20 But if I cast out demons by the finger of Yehovah, then the Kingdom of Yehovah has come near you.
21 When a fully armed strong man guards his courtyard [1], his property remains safe, 22 unless a stronger man comes and overpowers him, and takes away all the arms that he relied on and divides up the spoils.
23 Whoever isnt with Me is against Me, and whoever doesnt gather with Me actually scatters.
24 When an unclean spirit leaves a person, it goes wandering in dry places searching for rest, and when it cant find rest it says, “I’ll return to the house that I left”. 25 When it arrives, it finds it swept clean and set in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits worse than itself and they come in and live there. In the end, the man’s condition is worse than it was to begin with.
27 As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd called out, “Blessed is the womb that carried You and the breasts that nursed You”. 28 He replied, “Blessed are those who hear the Word of Aloha, and obey it.
29 Once the people had gathered together, He began by saying, “This evil nation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. 30 Just as Jonah became a sign for the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign for this nation. 31 The Queen of the South will stand up on Judgment Day with the men of this nation and condemn them, because she came from the other side of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and Someone superior to Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up on Judgment Day with this nation and condemn it, because they amended their ways at the heralding of Jonah, and Someone superior to Jonah is here.
33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. So when your eyesight is sound, your whole body will shine, but if it is defective, your body is darkened. 35 So see to it that the light in you isnt darkened. 36 If your whole body is immersed in light and no part of it is darkened, everything will shine like a lamp makes you glow when it shines on you.
37 While He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him to eat with him, so He went in and reclined at the table. 38 The Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that He didnt ceremonially wash before dinner.
39 Yeshua told him, “You Pharisees wash the outside of cups and dishes, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. 40 You dont understanding anything! Didnt the One who made the outside also make the inside? 41 But give some of your possessions as charity and then everything will be clean for you.
42 But I pity you Pharisees! You give a tithe of your mint and rue and every herb, but neglect justice and Yehovah’s love. You should do these things without neglecting the others.
43 I pity you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and special greetings in public places. 44 I pity you Torah teachers and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it”.
45 One of the Torah teachers replied, “Master, while saying these things, you are also vilifying us”. 46 He replied, “Yes, I also pity you Torah teachers because you load people down with heavy burdens, yet you yourselves wont ‘lift’ a finger to ease the burden!
47 I pity you because you build [or ‘rebuild’ or ‘edify’] the tombs of the prophets who your ancestors killed! 48 So you are witnesses and agree with what your ancestors did, because they killed them and you build their monuments. 49 So Wisdom said, “I’ll send prophets and envoys to them, and some of them they’ll persecute and kill”, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the cosmos [kosmos] was created will be blamed on this nation [or generation], 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered between the Temple and the altar’. Yes, I tell you, ‘It will be blamed on this nation’.
52 I pity you Torah teachers, because you have taken away the key of knowledge. You arent entering, and you stop those who are entering”. 53 After He said these things, the Torah teachers and Pharisees were greatly offended and hostile, and they pummeled Him with questions. 54 They tried many schemes, hoping to entrap Him in something He might say, so that they could accuse Him of it.

[1] It’s actually ‘courtyard’ in Greek too, despite modern translations.

Luke 12: Meanwhile, large crowds had gathered by the tens of thousands and they were trampling on each other. Yeshua told His disciples, “First of all, watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees, that is their hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing hidden that wont be revealed—no secret that wont be known. 3 Anything you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and anything you have whispered in someone’s ear in a private room will be shouted from the house tops.
4 But to you My friends, I say, dont be afraid of those who can kill the body, because afterward there is nothing more they can do. 5 But I’ll show you who to be afraid of. Be afraid the One who, after He has killed, has the ability to cast you into Gehenna. Yes I tell you, be afraid of Him. 6 Arent five sparrows sold for two assarii? Yet Yehovah hasnt forgotten one of them. 7 As for you, the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So dont be afraid. You are far more precious than many sparrows.
8 I tell you that everyone who acknowledges Me in public, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before Yehovah’s Messengers. 9 But anyone who rejects Me publicly will be rejected before Yehovah’s Messengers. 10 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man can have it disregarded, but anyone who blasphemes the dedicated spirit wont have their sin disregarded.
11 When they put you on trial in synagogues, before leaders and top magistrates, dont worry about how you’ll defend yourself, or what you’ll say, 12 because the dedicated spirit will instruct you about what you need to say at that very moment”.
13 Someone at the gathering asked Him, “Master, tell my brother to give me a share of the inheritance”.
14 But Yeshua replied, “Man, who made Me your judge or arbitrator”? 15 He told His disciples, “Be on your guard against any kind of greed, because life isnt about having lots of things”.
16 He gave them another analogy. “The land of a rich man was quite productive. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What should I do? I dont have enough room to store all of my crops”? 18 He thought, “This is what I’ll do, I’ll tear down my storehouses and rebuild them larger, and I’ll store all my grain and my goods there”. 19 Then I’ll say to myself, “I have accumulated enough goods to last for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But Yehovah told him, “You ignorant man! Tonight your life [psuche (psyche)] will be demanded back. Now who will get all your possessions?”
21 This is what awaits anyone who accumulates wealth for himself, but doesnt have riches with Yehovah. 22 He told His disciples, “So I tell you not to worry about your life, what you’ll eat, or what you’ll wear on your body. 23 Life is is far superior to food, and the body is superior to clothing. 24 Consider the ravens. They dont sow or harvest or have cellars and storehouses, yet Yehovah feeds them. How much more important are you than birds!
25 Which of you can add a cubit to your height by worrying? 26 If you cant control the least of things, why are you worried about the rest?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They dont work and they dont spin, yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. 28 If Yehovah clothes the vegetation in the fields, that’s thrown into an oven tomorrow, how much more will He care for you, you with little faith? 29 Dont ask what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or worry about such things. 30 Everyone on earth pursues those things, and your Father knows that you need these things as well. 31 But strive for the Kingdom of Yehovah and all of these things will be given to you as well.
32 Dont be afraid little flock, because your Father is delighted to give you the Kingdom. 33 Sell your property and give to those in need. Make yourselves moneybags that will never wear out, and an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven where no thief can get near it or any moth can eat it. 34 Your treasure is in your minds!
35 Be dressed for action, and keep your lamps burning. 36 Be like people who expect their master to return, so that when he returns from the wedding festivity [1], and he comes and knocks, they’ll open the door for him immediately. 37 The master’s servants will be blessed [or elated] when he comes, and he finds them still awake. Assuredly, he will dress up, but have them relax, and will come to each of them and serve them! 38 Whether in the second watch, or in the third, when he comes and finds them thus [still awake], those servants will be blessed. 39 But be sure of this, if the owner of the house had known the exact watch when the thief was coming, he would have been awake and wouldnt have allowed his house to be broken into. 40 So be ready because the Son of Man will return at a time when you’re not expecting Him”.
41 Simon Cephas asked, “Master, are you giving this analogy to us or to everyone”? 42 Yeshua replied, “So who is the faithful and wise manager, that the master will put in charge of his entire household, giving them their fair share of food at the right time? 43 The master’s servants will be blessed when he comes and he finds them still serving! 44 I am absolutely certain that he will put him in charge of everything he owns. 45 But if the head servant thinks to himself, ‘My master is postponing his return’, and starts beating the men and women servants and starts wining and dining and getting drunk, 46 that servant’s master will come on a day when he isnt expecting him, and at a time of day when he doesnt suspect, and will cut him in two, and relegate his destiny with the unbelievers.
47 The servant who knew what his master wanted, but wouldnt do as he was instructed will be beaten with many stripes, 48 while the person who did something deserving stripes in ignorance will be beaten with fewer stripes. Much is required of anyone who is given much, and much is expected from anyone who has been entrusted with much.
49 I have come to throw fire on the earth, and I wish the burning had already begun! 50 I have an immersion to be immersed with, and I’ll be very distressed until it is finished. 51 Do you think I came to bring world peace? I say not peace, only division! 52 From this time on, there will be five people in one house who will be divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 A father will be opposed to his son and a son opposed to his father, a mother opposed to her daughter and a daughter opposed to her mother, a mother-in-law opposed to her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law opposed to her mother-in-law”.
54 He said to the crowd, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘Rain is coming’, and it happens. 55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot’, and so it is. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the signs in the sky and on the earth, but why cant you interpret the present time? 57 Why cant you decide for yourselves what is right?
58 When you go with your adversary to a magistrate, while on the way, try to negotiate with him, otherwise he will bring you to a judge, and the judge might hand you over to jailer, and the jailer would throw you into prison. 59 I tell you, you wont get out of there until you pay the very last shomona”.

[1] Gamos is “a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast”. Contrast these wedding servants, awake and prepared with their lamps burning, to the ten sleeping virgins of Matthew 25!

Luke 13: At that time, someone came and told Him of some Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Yeshua replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because this happened to them? 3 No, but I assure you that you will all be destroyed as well, unless you amend your ways. 4 Or the eighteen that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed, do you think that they were worse sinners than anyone else living in Jerusalem? 5 No, but I assure you that unless you amend your ways you’ll also be destroyed”.
6 He also gave this analogy, “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard and he came looking for fruit on it, but didnt find any. 7 So he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I never find any. Cut it down. Why should it waste precious ground’?
8 The vinedresser told the owner, ‘Master, leave it alone for one more year, I’ll ‘till’ around it, and manure it. 9 If it bears fruit, fine. If not then I will cut it down”?
10 As Yeshua was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, 11 there was a woman there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and couldnt straighten herself up at all. 12 Yeshua saw her, and called out to her, “Woman, you are free from your illness”. 13 He put His hand on her and immediately she stood up straight and praised Yehovah.
14 The leader of the synagogue was indignant that Yeshua had healed on the Sabbath, so he told the crowd, “There are six days when it is Lawful to work, come on those days and be healed, but not on the Sabbath day”.
15 But Yeshua replied, “You hypocrite! Doesnt every one of you untie your ox or your donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it to water? 16 Shouldnt this woman, a daughter of Abraham who Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be set free from what binds her on the Sabbath day?
17 After He said that, all His adversaries were put to shame, and everyone else was delighted with all the all the miracles that were being done [literally: by His hand].
18 Then Yeshua asked, “What is the Kingdom of Yehovah like? What can I compare it to? 19 It’s like the tiny seed of the mustard herb that someone took and tossed in their garden. It grew and became a large tree [1], and the birds of the sky nested in its branches”. 20 Yeshua asked again, “What can I compare the Kingdom of Yehovah to? 21 It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three seahs of meal until it was entirely leavened”.
22 He traveled thru the villages and towns teaching as He headed toward Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked Him whether only a few would Live eternally. 24 Yeshua replied, “Strive to enter by the narrow gate. I assure you that many will try to enter, but wont be able to. 25 Once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, you’ll stand outside knocking on the door and you’ll be saying, ‘Master, Master, open the door for us’, and He’ll reply, ‘I dont know who you are or where you are from’. 26 Then you’ll say, ‘We ate and drank with You, and You taught in our streets’. 27 He’ll reply, ‘I dont know who you are or where you are from. Leave Me you perpetrators of evil’.
28 There will be crying and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of Yehovah, but yourselves being thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west, and from south and north and take their places in the Kingdom of Yehovah [2]. 30 Yes, some who are last will be first in influence, and some who are first will be last”.
31 Later that day some of the Pharisees came and told Him, “Get out of here because Herod wants to kill You”. 32 Yeshua told them, “Go tell that fox that I’ll be casting out demons and healing today and tomorrow, and on the third day My work will be finished. 33 But I must work [3] today and tomorrow, and the next day I will leave [4], because it is inconceivable for a prophet to die outside of Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you murder the prophets and stone those who have been sent to you! How often I’ve longed to gather your children as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you werent willing! 35 Look, your house is abandoned. And I’m absolutely certain that you wont see Me again until you’re saying, “Blessed is the One who is coming in the name of Yehovah.

[1] This tree possibly contrasts with the gigantic tree of Daniel 4. [2] Psalm 107:2-7 First describes the city where the “redeemed” are spared “from the hand of the enemy” and coming from the four cardinal directions. John expanded on Luke’s comments about the patriarchs arriving for this world spanning Judgment Day event, mentioning the 12 patriarchial tribes and the 12 envoys from the cardinal directions, naming the city—New Jerusalem (Revelation 21). [3] See why this says “work” instead of “walk”. Keywords walk or work. [4] The Greek doesnt say “I will leave”.

Luke 14: Later, He went into the house of one of the leading Pharisees for a meal on the Sabbath day. They were watching Him closely. 2 In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 Yeshua asked the Torah teachers and Pharisees, “Is it Lawful to heal on the Sabbath”? 4 But they remained silent. So He took hold of the man, healed him and sent him on his way.
5 He asked them, “If your son or your ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, wouldnt you pull him out immediately”? 6 They couldnt give Him an answer to that.
7 He gave an analogy to the guests who were present when He noticed that they were choosing the best seating at the table. 8 “When you are invited by someone to a banquet hall, dont take the best seating. Perhaps someone more distinguished than yourself may have been invited. 9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give your place to this person’. Then you’ll be be embarrassed as you get up and find other seating. 10 But when you get an invitation, go and choose the least esteemed seating, so that when the host arrives he will tell you, ‘Friend, please take the best seating’. Then you’ll be honored in front of everyone around you. 11 Anyone seeking honors for themselves will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be honored”.
12 He told the host, “When you have a breakfast or a supper, dont always invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, because they’ll reciprocate, and you’ll be compensated. 13 But when you have a banquet, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. 14 Then you’ll be blessed because they cant repay you. You’ll be repaid at the Resurrection of the Righteous.
15 Then someone at the table heard these things and told Him, “Blessed is the everyone who will eat bread in the Kingdom of Yehovah”. 16 Yeshua replied, “A man once gave a large banquet and invited many guests. 17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to remind those who were invited, ‘Come, everything is ready for you’!
18 To a man they all began to make excuses. The first told him, ‘I bought a field and I need to go out and see it. I ask that you allow me to be excused’.
19 Another said, ‘I just bought five pairs of oxen. I’m on my way to try them out. I ask that you please excuse me’.
20 Another said, ‘I’m a newly wed, so I cant come’.
21 The servant came back and told these things to his master. Then the master of the house got angry and he told his servant, ‘Go quickly into the market places and the streets of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind’. 22 The servant said, ‘Master, your order has been done, and there is still room’.
23 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out into the streets and beat the bushes and urge them to come in so that my house will be filled’. 24 I’m certain that not one of those men who were invited will sample My banquet”.
25 A large crowd was traveling with him. He turned and told them, 26 “If anyone comes to Me who is unwilling to put aside [1] their father and mother, or their brothers or their sisters, or their wife and children, or even their own life, they cant be My disciple. 27 Anyone who doesnt carry their own cross and follow Me cant be My disciple.
28 Which of you planning to build a tower wouldnt first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have the means to finish it? 29 Otherwise, when the foundation is laid, but you are unable to finish it, everyone who sees it will laugh at you 30 and say, ‘This person began construction but couldnt afford to finish it’.
31 Or what king intent on going to war with the neighboring king doesnt first consider whether his ten thousand soldiers can defeat the man who is coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If not, while he is still far away, he would send envoys and press for peace. 33 So no one who who couldnt abandon their possessions can be My disciple.
34 Salt is a good thing, but if the salt has deteriorated, how could it be used as seasoning? 35 It isnt fit for the soil or the manure pile. They must throw it away. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen”.

[1] Using the keyword “hate”, find out why this has nothing to do with “hate” here.

Luke 15: Many tax extractors and notorious sinners came to listen to Him. 2 The Torah teachers and Pharisees muttered things such as, “This Man associates with sinners and even eats with them”.
3 Yeshua told them this analogy: 4 “Who among you, having a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, wouldnt leave the ninety nine in the wilderness and go and search for the one that got lost until he finds it? 5 When he finds it, he’s delighted, and he puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home and calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Celebrate with me, because I found my lost sheep’. 7 I assure you that there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who amends his ways than over ninety nine righteous people who dont need to amend their ways.
8 Or suppose a woman has ten drachma [silver coins], and loses one of them. Wouldnt she light a lamp and sweep the house and carefully search for it until she finds it? 9 When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors over and says, ‘Celebrate with me, because I found my lost drachma’. 10 I can tell you that there will be this kind of joy among the Messengers of Yehovah when a sinner amends their ways”.
11 Then Yeshua said, “A man had two sons. 12 His younger son told him, ‘Father, give me my share of your estate. So he divided his property between them.
13 After a few days, the younger son got his things together and went to a distant country where he squandered his property by extravagant living. 14 After he had squandered everything he had, there was a severe famine in that country and he began to go hungry. 15 He contracted a job with one of the local residents who sent him into the field to tend swine. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the carob pods that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
17 When he came to ‘his senses’ he thought, ‘How many hired servants are in my father’s house right now who have plenty of food, while I’m here starving to death’! 18 I’ll get up and go to my father and say, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your presence, 19 and am no longer worthy of being called your son. Hire me as one of your servants’. 20 So he got up and headed toward his father. While he was at a considerable distance, his father saw him and out of compassion ran toward him, grabbed him and kissed him.
21 His son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your presence and dont deserve to be called your son’. 22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Bring my best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and give him some sandals. 23 Bring the biggest bullock and slaughter it, let’s eat and celebrate. 24 My son was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but has been found’. So they began to celebrate.
25 But his older son had been in the field, and as he approached the house he heard the voices of many people singing [1]. 26 So he called to one of the boys and asked him what was going on. 27 He said, ‘Your brother is back, and your father has killed the biggest bullock because he has come home safe and sound’.
28 Then he got mad and wouldnt go inside, so his father went out and began pleading with him. 29 He told his father, ‘I’ve been serving you for many years, never disobeying your commands, but you never gave me so much as a kid goat to celebrate with my friends! 30 But when this son of yours finished squandering your wealth on prostitutes, and came home, you slaughtered the largest bullock for him’. 31 His father told him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But celebrating and rejoicing is the right thing to do, because your brother was dead and is now alive, he was lost and has been found’”.

[1] The Greek adds “and dancing”.

Luke 16: He gave an analogy to His disciples: “There was a rich man who had a manager, and accusations were being made that he was embezzling his property. 2 His superior [kurios] called him and asked him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Make me a final accounting of your management, you can no longer be my manager’.
3 The manager thought to himself, ‘What can I do since my superior is about to take away my management position? I’m unable to dig, and ashamed to become a beggar. 4 I know what to do to ensure that when I’m removed from management I’ll be welcomed into other homes’.
5 So he called each of his superior’s debtors and he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my superior’? 6 He told him, ‘One hundred measures of oil’. So he told him, ‘‘Sit down quickly with your bill and write fifty measures’. 7 He asked another, ‘How much do you owe my superior’? He told him, ‘One hundred cors of wheat’. So he told him, ‘Sit down quickly [1] with your bill and write eighty cors’.
8 His superior commended the dishonest manager for having acted shrewdly, because the mortals in this present age are shrewder than the mortals of light. 9 So I tell you, make friends using this unrighteous wealth so that when it [money] ceases to be, they can welcome you into everlasting homes. [Commentary]
10 A person who is responsible with a little will also be responsible with much, and the person who is dishonest with a little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you havent been trustworthy with unrighteous wealth, who would trust you with true wealth? 12 If you havent been trustworthy with something that isnt yours, who will give you something of your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters, because they’ll either hate the one and love the other, or they’ll honor the one and despise the other. You cant serve both Yehovah and wealth”.
14 When the Pharisees heard all of these things, they ridiculed Him because they loved money. 15 Yeshua told them, “People like you appear to be righteous to others, but Yehovah knows your minds. The things that are highly valued by people are idolatrous abominations to Yehovah.
16 The Torah and the Prophets were everything until John, since then, the Good News of the Kingdom of Yehovah has been proclaimed, and all kinds of people are pressing to enter in. 17 It is easier for Heaven and earth to pass by than for one serif from the Torah fall [or perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease].
18 Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
19 There was a rich man who dressed himself in fine linen and scarlet, who spent every day basking in luxury. 20 And there was a poor man named Lazarus [1] who was laid by the gate of the rich man, covered with sores. 21 He wanted to fill his belly with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs used to come and lick his sores.
22 Eventually the poor man died and spirit Messengers transported him to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 Being tormented in Sheol, he looked and saw Abraham in the distance and Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called out, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and moisten my tongue because I’m suffering greatly in these flames.
25 But Abraham replied, “My son, remember that you received your good things during your lifetime, and Lazarus had bad things. But now he is being comforted and you are suffering. 26 And besides, there is a vast chasm set up between us and you, so that anyone who might want to cross from here to you cant, nor can anyone cross from there to us.
27 He said, “Then I beg you, father, send him to my father’s house, 28 because I have five brothers. Have him go and warn them, so that they dont also end up in this place of torment”.
29 Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets, they should listen to them”. 30 But he pleaded, “No, father Abraham, but if someone were to rise to them from the dead, they’d change their ways”! 31 Abraham told him, “If they wont listen to Moses and the Prophets they wouldnt [didnt] believe even if Someone were to rise from the dead”!

[1] The Greek doesnt mention sitting down. [2] This is an allegorical account of Judgment Day. The first five chapters of Mysteries of the Everlasting Kingdom deal with that. The fifth—The Called, the Culled and the Excused being the most revealing. The article above linked to Lazarus dispels many false notions about this parable, except for the timing of Judgment Day itself.

LUKE 17 continues here.

Compare the 2010, Second Edition of the Gabriel Version’s Luke with the 1851 Murdock Translation of Luke, or compare it with the 1849 Etheridge.

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