Episode 259: Hate your family

Luke 13-15

Repent or be killed

13 ¹ Jesus had heard about some Galileans who were killed by Pilate while they were offering sacrifices. ² Jesus said,

Do you suppose those Galileans were especially bad sinners?

³ Well, they weren't. And unless you repent, you're all going to die like that.

⁴ Or how about those eighteen people who were killed by the falling tower in Siloam.

⁵ Unless you repent, you're all going to die like that.

Jesus heals a woman on the sabbath

¹⁰ Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath, where there was a woman who had been unable to walk for 18 years.

¹¹ When Jesus saw her, he said, “Woman, you're cured of your illness.”

¹³ Jesus touched her and immediately she stood up straight.

¹⁴ The leader of the synagogue said to the people, “There are six days in the week on which to heal people. But not on the sabbath day.”

¹⁵ Jesus said,

You hypocrite! Don't you help an ox or ass get water on the sabbath?

¹⁶ Satan has bound this woman for 18 years. Why isn't it okay to heal her on the sabbath?

Jesus: On the third day I'll be perfected

³¹ Some Pharisees said to Jesus, “You'd better leave. Herod's going to kill you.” ³² Jesus said,

Tell that old fox that I'm casting out devils, curing today and tomorrow, and on the third day I'll be perfected.

³³ But I must to go to Jerusalem, because that's where prophets go to die.

Jesus heals a man on the sabbath day

14 ^1-2 Jesus was eating dinner at the chief priest's house on the sabbath day, where there was a man who suffered from edema.

² Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?”

⁴ But they didn't answer. So Jesus healed the man.

Don't take the best seat

⁷ Jesus told them this parable:

⁸ When you go to a wedding, don't take the best seat.

⁹ Because the host might say to you, “Let this person sit where you're sitting.” Then you'll have to sit in the worst place.

¹⁰ Instead, sit in the worst place. Then your host might say to you, “Come and sit in a better place.”

¹¹ Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

¹² When you have a feast, don't invite your friends, family, or neighbors. If you do, they'll invite you to their events.

¹³ Instead, when you have a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.

¹⁴ They won't be able to pay you back, but you'll be rewarded in the resurrection of the just.

Hate your family and your life

²⁵ A great crowd of people were following Jesus, when he turned and said,

²⁶ If a man wants to be my disciple, he must hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and his own life.

²⁷ You must give up everything to be my disciple.

The lost coin

15 ⁸ Jesus said,

What woman who has ten coins and loses one, doesn't look for the lost coin?

⁹ And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors and says, “Come rejoice with me, because I found a coin that I'd lost.”

¹⁰ Likewise, the angels will rejoice when one sinner repents.

The prodigal son

¹¹ Jesus said,

A man had two sons.

¹² The younger son said to his father, “I'd like my inheritance now.” And the father gave it to him.

¹³ The younger son then went away and wasted the money on riotous living.

¹⁴ Then there was a famine and the son had nothing.

¹⁵ So he got a job feeding pigs.

¹⁶ He was so hungry he ate the pig's food.

¹⁷ He finally decided to go home to ask for his father's help.

²⁰ When his father saw him coming, he ran and kissed him.

²¹ The son said to his father, “I'm no longer worthy to be called your son.”

²² But the father told his servants,

Bring my son the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. ²³ Kill the fatted calf. Let's eat and be merry!

²⁴ Because my son was dead and now he's alive. He was lost, and now he's found.

²⁵ The older son heard the music and dancing.

²⁶ And said to a servant, “What's going on?”

²⁷ The servant said, “Your brother has come home, and your father is rejoicing.”

²⁸ The older brother was angry, and said to his father,

²⁹ I've served and obeyed you all these years, yet you never killed a calf or had a party for me. ³⁰ But now my little brother comes home after living with harlots, and you kill the fatted calf for him.

His father said to him,

You're always here; all that I have is yours.

³² But your brother was dead, and now he's alive. He was lost, and now he's found.