📖 Unit 2: Power, Miracles, and Mercy
An 8-week Luke curriculum covering Jesus's miracles of healing, forgiveness, and authority over nature and demons.
Fishers of Men and the Leper's Faith
Luke 5:1-16
Jesus steps into Simon's boat, preaches to the crowd, then tells Simon to put out in the deep water and let down the nets. The miraculous catch overwhelms Simon to his knees, and Jesus calls him to fish for people instead of fish.
View LessonThe Paralyzed Man and the Call of Levi
Luke 5:17-32
Four men lower a paralyzed friend through a roof to get him to Jesus, and Jesus first forgives his sins before healing his legs. Then Jesus calls Levi the tax collector to follow him, showing that he came for those the religious world had written off.
View LessonLord of the Sabbath and the Twelve Apostles
Luke 6:1-16
Jesus heals a man's withered hand on the Sabbath as the Pharisees watch, claiming authority as Lord of the Sabbath. He then spends all night in prayer before choosing twelve apostles from among his disciples.
View LessonThe Sermon on the Plain and Loving Enemies
Luke 6:17-49
Jesus teaches his disciples on a level place with a crowd listening, calling them to love enemies, do good to those who hate them, and lend without expecting anything back. This radical love, he says, is what marks someone as a child of the Most High.
View LessonThe Centurion's Faith and the Widow's Son
Luke 7:1-17
A Roman centurion sends word to Jesus that he only needs to say the word from a distance to heal his dying servant, and Jesus marvels at his faith. Then Jesus stops a funeral procession and raises a widow's dead son, filling the crowd with awe.
View LessonThe Sinful Woman Forgiven and the Sower Parable
Luke 7:36-8:15
A sinful woman anoints Jesus's feet with her tears and expensive perfume at a Pharisee's dinner, and Jesus forgives her sins publicly because she has loved much. He follows it with the parable of the soils, showing that a heart ready to receive the word is the most important thing.
View LessonJesus Calms the Storm and Heals a Demoniac
Luke 8:22-39
Jesus calms a violent storm on the lake with a single command, leaving his disciples asking, 'Who is this?' He then crosses to the other side and restores a wild man who had lived among the tombs, sending a legion of demons into a herd of pigs.
View LessonFeeding the 5000 and the Transfiguration
Luke 9:10-36
Jesus feeds a crowd of five thousand with five loaves and two fish, with twelve baskets left over. He then takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain where his face shines like the sun and Moses and Elijah appear, as the Father declares from a cloud, 'Listen to him.'
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