| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Preface: Luke's Purpose (1:1-4) | p. 10 |
| Infancy Narratives: John and Jesus (1:5--2:52) | p. 15 |
| Annunciation (1:5-38) | p. 18 |
| God's New Beginning: Annunciation of John (1:5-25) | p. 18 |
| God's New Creation: The Annunciation of Jesus (1:26-38) | p. 24 |
| The Entwining of God's Two Acts: The Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, The Magnificat (1:39-56) | p. 32 |
| Birth--Naming--Praise of God (1:57--2:40) | p. 37 |
| Fulfillment of the Promise: Birth and Naming (1:57-66) | p. 37 |
| Benedictus (1:67-80) | p. 39 |
| God's Visitation of His People (2:1-20) | p. 45 |
| The Presentation: Nunc Dimittis (2:21-40) | p. 53 |
| Jesus, at Home with God and Humanity (2:41-52) | p. 61 |
| The Growth of the Community (3:1--9:50) | p. 68 |
| Preparation: Appearance and Message of the Baptist and Jesus (3:1--4:30) | p. 68 |
| The Forerunner (3:1-6) | p. 69 |
| The Gospel of the Baptist (3:7-20) | p. 71 |
| The Son of God Is Proclaimed: Jesus' Baptism and Genealogy (3:21-38) | p. 77 |
| The Temptation of Jesus (4:1-13) | p. 81 |
| Jesus Programmatic Sermon (4:14-30) | p. 84 |
| "Throughout All Judea, Beginning from Galilee" (Acts 10:37) (4:31--5:11) | p. 96 |
| The Good News of the Kingdom of God (4:31-44) | p. 97 |
| God's Call to Discipleship (5:1-11) | p. 100 |
| The Growth of the Community (5:12--6:11) | p. 107 |
| Conflict (5:12--6:11) | p. 107 |
| Call and Instruction (6:12-49) | p. 113 |
| Call to Disciples and People (6:12-19) | p. 114 |
| The Sermon on the Plain (6:20-49) | p. 116 |
| God's Partisanship on Behalf of the Poor (6:20-26) | p. 118 |
| The Central Commandment of Love (6:27-36) | p. 122 |
| Love That Does Not Judge (6:37-42) | p. 124 |
| Roots and Foundations (6:43-49) | p. 127 |
| Call to Assemble (7:1--9:50) | p. 128 |
| The Faith of the Centurion (7:1-10) | p. 130 |
| Power over Death (7:11-17) | p. 132 |
| God's Astonishing Work in the Baptist and in Jesus (7:18-35) | p. 134 |
| The Friend of Sinners (7:36-50) | p. 137 |
| Women Follow Jesus (8:1-3) | p. 141 |
| The Parable of Those Who Hear the Word (8:4-21) | p. 143 |
| Jesus' Authority over Storm, Demons, and Death (8:22-56) | p. 147 |
| The Sending of the Twelve (9:1-6) | p. 151 |
| Who Is This? (9:7-9) | p. 153 |
| Jesus' Authority in the Feeding of the Five Thousand (9:10-17) | p. 154 |
| Who Is This?--The Answer (9:18-27) | p. 155 |
| God's Affirmation of Jesus' Suffering (9:28-36) | p. 158 |
| The Incomprehension of the Disciples (9:37-50) | p. 161 |
| The Road to Jerusalem (9:51--19:27) | p. 165 |
| The Coming Kingdom: Call to Discipleship (9:51--11:36) | p. 167 |
| To Jerusalem (9:51-56) | p. 168 |
| Discipleship (9:57-62) | p. 171 |
| Mission of the Seventy (10:1-16) | p. 172 |
| The Fall of Satan (10:17-20) | p. 178 |
| The Presence of Salvation (10:21-24) | p. 182 |
| The Chance to Love (10:25-37) | p. 184 |
| The Chance to Have Faith (10:38-42) | p. 188 |
| The Chance to Pray (11:1-13) | p. 190 |
| The Chance to Encounter Jesus (11:14-36) | p. 193 |
| True Discipleship in Contrast to Pharisees and Scribes (11:37--12:59) | p. 197 |
| Conflict with Pharisees and Scribes (11:37--12:1) | p. 198 |
| Discipleship Without Anxiety (12:2-12) | p. 203 |
| A Bad Investment (12:13-21) | p. 206 |
| Freedom from Anxiety (12:22-34) | p. 209 |
| Openness to Whatever Comes (12:35-48) | p. 211 |
| Trial by Fire and Baptism (12:49-53) | p. 214 |
| Blindness to God's Signs (12:54-59) | p. 216 |
| Repentance and the Coming Kingdom (13:1-21) | p. 218 |
| Time to Repent (13:1-9) | p. 218 |
| The Sabbath as a Sign of God's New Creation (13:10-17) | p. 220 |
| The Littleness and Greatness of the Kingdom of God (13:18-21) | p. 223 |
| Jerusalem: City of Decision (13:22-35) | p. 224 |
| The Nearness to Jesus of the Distant (13:22-30) | p. 224 |
| Jerusalem, City of Decision (13:31-35) | p. 228 |
| The Joy of Repentance (14:1--15:32) | p. 232 |
| Table Conversation as Call to the Kingdom of God (14:1-24) | p. 233 |
| Sabbath Healing (14:1-6) | p. 233 |
| The Life Shaped by the Coming Kingdom (14:7-14) | p. 234 |
| The Kingdom of God as a Banquet (14:15-24) | p. 237 |
| Considered Discipleship (14:25-35) | p. 240 |
| Two Seekers (15:1-10) | p. 242 |
| The Powerless Almighty Father (15:11-32) | p. 246 |
| Discipleship and Possessions (16:1--17:10) | p. 252 |
| Liberation for God's Future (16:1-13) | p. 253 |
| The Function of the Law (16:14-18) | p. 256 |
| Wealth as Separation from God (16:19-31) | p. 259 |
| The Life of a Disciple (17:1-10) | p. 262 |
| Jerusalem and God's Final Judgment (17:11--19:27) | p. 265 |
| Healing and Salvation (17:11-19) | p. 266 |
| Present and Future of the Kingdom (17:20-37) | p. 269 |
| Perseverance in Prayer (18:1-8) | p. 277 |
| Right Self-Assessment Before God (18:9-14) | p. 280 |
| Childlikeness and Freedom from Possessions (18:15-30) | p. 284 |
| Blindness to God (18:31-43) | p. 287 |
| The Repentance of Those Far Off (19:1-10) | p. 289 |
| Life That Looks for God's Coming (19:11-17) | p. 292 |
| Passion and Resurrection (19:28--24:53) | p. 297 |
| Days in Jerusalem (19:28--21:38) | p. 297 |
| Jesus Takes Possession of the Temple (19:28-48) | p. 297 |
| Jesus' Teaching in the Temple (20:1--21:4) | p. 302 |
| The Authority of His Teaching (20:1-8) | p. 302 |
| The Parable of the Rejected Messenger (20:9-19) | p. 303 |
| A Trick Question: Religion and Politics (20:20-26) | p. 305 |
| The Theology of the Resurrection (20:27-40) | p. 306 |
| Jesus' Counterquestions (20:41--21:4) | p. 308 |
| Presence and Future of God's Kingdom (21:5-38) | p. 309 |
| Jesus' Passion (22:1--23:56) | p. 329 |
| Passover Preparations in the Shadow of the Cross (22:1-13) | p. 329 |
| Passover (22:14-38) | p. 330 |
| Jesus' Struggle with God's Will (22:39-46) | p. 342 |
| The Hour of Darkness (22:47-53) | p. 344 |
| Peter's Denial and Jesus' Confession (22:54-71) | p. 345 |
| "Before King and Governor" (23:1-25) | p. 349 |
| The End as a Sign of the New Beginning (23:26-56) | p. 356 |
| The Way of the Cross (23:26-32) | p. 356 |
| Jesus' Crucifixion and Death (23:33-49) | p. 358 |
| The Burial of Jesus (23:50-56) | p. 363 |
| New Beginning--Gift of the Risen Lord (24:1-53) | p. 364 |
| God's Message to the Women (24:1-12) | p. 365 |
| Word and Sacrament--Gift of the Risen Lord (24:13-35) | p. 367 |
| The Road into the Future--Gift of the Risen Lord (24:36-53) | p. 374 |
| Retrospect | p. 381 |
| Indexes | |
| Index of Names and Subjects | p. 386 |
| Index of Excursuses | p. xvi |
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