5.31

Material Unique to Luke’s Gospel (Box 8.1)

This corresponds to what scholars sometimes refer to as the “L” material.

Dedication to Theophilus

1:1–4

Promised birth of John

1:5–25

Announcement of Jesus’s birth to Mary

1:26–38

Mary’s visit to Elizabeth

1:39–56

Birth of John the Baptist

1:57–80

Birth of Jesus (with shepherds, manger)

2:1–20

Presentation of infant Jesus in temple

2:21–38

Childhood visit to Jerusalem

2:41–52

John’s reply to questions

3:10–14

Genealogy of Jesus (to Adam)

3:23–38

Good news to the poor

4:14–23, 25–30

Miraculous catch of fish

5:1–11

Raising of widow’s son at Nain

7:11–17

Encounter with homeless woman

7:36–50

Parable of two debtors

7:40–43

Ministering women

8:1–3

Rejection by Samaritan village

9:51–56

Return of the seventy missionaries

10:17–20

Parable of good Samaritan

10:29–37

Mary and Martha

10:38–42

Parable of friend at midnight

11:5–8

Parable of rich fool

12:13–21

Parable of severe and light beatings

12:47–48

Parable of barren tree

13:1–9

Healing of crippled woman

13:10–17

Healing of man with dropsy

14:1–6

Two parables for guests and hosts

14:7–14

Counting the cost (two parables)

14:28–33

Parable of lost coin

15:8–10

Parable of prodigal son

15:11–32

Parable of shrewd manager

16:1–12

Parable of rich man and Lazarus

16:19–31

Cleansing of ten lepers

17:11–19

Parable of widow and judge

18:1–8

Parable of Pharisee and tax collector

18:9–14

Story of Zacchaeus

19:1–10

Jesus weeps over Jerusalem

19:41–44

Reason for Peter’s denial

22:31–32

Two swords

22:35–38

Jesus before Herod

23:6–12

Pilate declares Jesus innocent

23:13–16

Sayings associated with Jesus’s death

23:28–31, 34, 43, 46

Jesus appears on road to Emmaus

24:13–35

Jesus appears to disciples

24:36–49

Jesus’s ascension

24:50–53