The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 1:1-80

Luke 1:1 Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us,

Luke 1:2 just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,

Luke 1:3 I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,

Luke 1:4 so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.

Luke 1:5 In the days of Herod, King of Judea,  there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:6 Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

Luke 1:7 But they had no child, 4 because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years..............

The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 2:1-52

Luke 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus  that the whole world should be enrolled.

Luke 2:2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Luke 2:3 So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town.

Luke 2:4 And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

Luke 2:5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

Luke 2:6 While they were there, the time came for her to have her child,

Luke 2:7 and she gave birth to her firstborn son.  She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn..........

The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 3:1-38

Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

Luke 3:2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,  the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert.

Luke 3:3 He went throughout (the) whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Luke 3:4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one crying out in the desert: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

Luke 3:5 Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth,

Luke 3:6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"

Luke 3:7 He said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?........

The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 4:1-44

Luke 4:1 Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert

Luke 4:2 for forty days,  to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry.

Luke 4:3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

Luke 4:4 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone.'"

Luke 4:5 Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant.

Luke 4:6 The devil said to him, "I shall give to you all this power and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish.

Luke 4:7 All this will be yours, if you worship me."...............

The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 5:1-39

Luke 5:1 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.

Luke 5:2 He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.

Luke 5:3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

Luke 5:4 After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch."

Luke 5:5 Simon said in reply, "Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets."

Luke 5:6 When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.

Luke 5:7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking...............