Passage

Brief Description

Luke 1:5–7

Zechariah’s wife Elizabeth is named; both are righteous and old

Luke 1:13, 18

Gabriel and Zechariah each mention Elizabeth briefly

Luke 1:24–25

Elizabeth conceives and praises God for taking away her “disgrace” (of being barren)

Luke 1:26–38

Annunciation: Gabriel visits Mary to proclaim Jesus’s birth; Mary agrees to cooperate

Luke 1:39–56

Mary visits Elizabeth; Elizabeth praises Mary; Mary praises God in the “Magnificat”

Luke 1:57–61

Elizabeth gives birth to John and she names him

Luke 2:5–7

Mary goes with Joseph to Bethlehem and gives birth to her firstborn child

Luke 2:15–20

Shepherds visit Mary and Joseph; Mary treasures all things in her heart (v. 19)

Luke 2:22. 27

“They” go to Jerusalem for “their” purification; Simeon speaks to both “parents”

Luke 2:34–35

Simeon speaks directly to Mary: a sword shall pass through her heart

Luke 2:36–38

Prophet-widow Anna praises God and speaks to the people about Jesus

Luke 2:41–51

Both “parents” take Jesus to Jerusalem; his mother speaks (v. 48) and “treasures” all (v. 51)

Luke 3:19

Wicked Herodias mentioned only very briefly (contrast Mark 6:17–29)

Luke 4:25–26

Jesus cites the Old Testament stories of the widows of Israel and the widow of Zarephath

Luke 4:38–39

Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law; she then immediately serves them all

Luke 7:11–17

Jesus has compassion for a widow in Nain, and so restores her only son to life

Luke 7:28

“Among those born of women no one is greater than John” (the Baptist)

Luke 7:35

“Wisdom is vindicated by all her children”

Luke 7:36–50

A sinful woman anoints Jesus and is forgiven; she is contrasted to Simon the Pharisee

Luke 8:1–3

Several women are named who accompany Jesus and provide for the disciples

Luke 8:19–21

Jesus’s mother and brothers come; those who hear and do God’s word are his mother and brothers

Luke 8:40–42, 49–56

Jesus restores Jairus’s daughter to life; child’s parents both mentioned (vv. 51, 56)

Luke 8:43–48

Jesus heals a hemorrhaging woman; she takes the initiative and is praised for her faith

Luke 10:38–42

Martha serves and complains while Mary sits at Jesus’s feet (like a disciple) and is praised

Luke 11:27–28

A woman says, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!”

Luke 11:31

The Queen of the South used as a positive example; she came to hear Solomon’s wisdom

Luke 12:45

In a parable, both men and women slaves are beaten by a wicked manager

Luke 12:53

Families will be divided: father and son, mother and daughter, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

Luke 13:10–17

On the Sabbath, Jesus cures a woman crippled for eighteen years

Luke 13:20–21

Parable of the Kingdom of God being like a woman mixing yeast and flour

Luke 13:34

Jesus wants to gather Jerusalem’s children like a mother hen protects her brood

Luke 14:26

Disciples must “hate” father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters

Luke 15:8–10

Parable of a woman who lost and found a coin, then rejoices with her friends

Luke 16:18

Brief saying against men divorcing their wives or marrying divorced women

Luke 17:26–27

In the days of Noah, people were marrying and giving in marriage

Luke 17:32

“Remember Lot’s wife”

Luke 17:35

Two women will be grinding grain: one will be taken, one left

Luke 18:1–8

Parable of a widow fighting for her rights against an unjust judge

Luke 18:20

“Honor your father and mother” (cited from Exod. 20:12)

Luke 18:28–30

Disciples who have left wives, brothers, parents, children, and so on will be rewarded

Luke 20:27–36

Sadducees question the resurrection with story of a woman who had seven husbands

Luke 21:1–4

Poor widow’s small offering is worth more than the offerings of rich people

Luke 21:23–24

Alas for pregnant and nursing women in the days of Jerusalem’s destruction

Luke 22:56–57

Peter’s first denial comes after a servant girl challenges him

Luke 23:27–31

Jesus speaks to wailing women in the crowd on the way to his crucifixion

Luke 23:49

The women from Galilee watch Jesus’s crucifixion from a distance

Luke 23:55–56

The women see where Jesus is buried and prepare spices and ointments

Luke 24:1–11

The women find Jesus’s tomb empty; two messengers speak with them; they remember Jesus’s words and go tell the other disciples, who don’t believe them

Luke 24:22–24

Two disciples (two men? a married couple? “Cleopas” in 24:18) on the road to Emmaus tell Jesus how some women of their group went to the tomb that morning and saw a vision of angels