10/28/2026
October 28: Luke 12, 13
Christ was constantly teaching wherever He was. In private He would teach the disciples; in public He would teach the crowds. These two chapters show some of His teaching.
Luke 12 – Counsel of Christ. No counsel was better than Christ's counsel. His counsel here addresses four subjects. •Confession: the realness of confession (hypocrisy is condemned); the reluctance of confession (fear not those who can only kill the body); the reciprocation of confession (confess Christ and He will confess you); the reliance in confession (Holy Spirit will help). •Covetousness: the problem (a man wanted Christ to help him get his inheritance); the parable (the rich farmer who foolishly viewed his prosperity in terms of barns and banqueting but experienced burial instead); the perspective (follow-up of the parable—teaching the proper place of riches). •Commitment: the requirements of commitment (watching [v. 37] and working [v. 44]); the reward for commitment (promotion); the retribution for lacking commitment (according to extent of sin). •Coming: the separation at the coming of Christ (He divides people); the signs of His coming (not discerned as readily as weather signs)
Luke 13 – Communications of Christ. Christ was the great communicator of truth to mankind. •Contrition: Christ teaches about repentance; the incidences (people killed by Pilate in Galilee; people killed by tower in Siloam); the illustration (the barren fig tree gets another chance). •Curing: the case (woman crippled for 18 years healed); the criticism (because healing was done on the Sabbath); the condemnation (Christ instructs the critics by condemning their hypocritical attitude about the Sabbath). •Comparisons: in the parable of the mustard seed and the leaven; the comparison of the parables (both have something little becoming large); comparison of the kingdom (it will start small but grow large). •Condemnation: the number of condemned (more than the saved); the nature of condemnation (weeping, gnashing of teeth). •Caution: rejecters warn Christ to leave or Herod will kill Him, but Christ scorns Herod. •Crying: Christ laments over Jerusalem. It includes denunciation (for killing prophets); desire (to gather them to Him); defiance (rejecting Him); desolation (judgment for rejecting Christ).
Butler's Daily Bible Reading (1) Synopsis.