The Gospel of Luke: Tracing the Themes

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  1. 4. The major theme in Luke's Gospel is the universal message of _______.
  2. 8. Jesus addresses a parable to those who were convinced of their own ________ and despised everyone else (Luke 18:9)
  3. 9. The disciples who walk with the Risen Jesus do not recognize him until he took, blessed, broke, and gave the ______ to them (Luke 24:30)
  4. 10. In Mary's Magnificat, she proclaims the ________ of the Lord (Luke 1:46)
  5. 12. Jesus cleanses 10 lepers, but none but the _________, the foreigner, returns to give thanks to God (Luke 17:16)
  6. 13. Jesus, quoting from the prophet Isaiah, says he has come to bring glad ________ to the poor (Luke 4:18)
  7. 14. The groups that Jesus comes to save in Luke's Gospel are Jews, the Gentiles, and the ________.
  8. 16. In Mary's Magnificat, she says that God has helped Israel, remembering his ______ (Luke 1:54)
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  1. 1. In one of the most famous stories in Luke, Jesus encounters two disciples on the road to ______ after his Resurrection (Luke 24:13)
  2. 2. The disciples proclaim that their hearts were _______ within them as Jesus spoke with them and opened the Scriptures to them, then share what has happened with the disciples (Luke 24:32)
  3. 3. In Mary's Magnificat, she proclaims that the Lord has lifted up the _______ while throwing down the rulers from their thrones (Luke 1:52)
  4. 5. Jesus, quoting from the prophet Isaiah, says he has come to proclaim _______ to captives and to let the oppressed go free (Luke 4:18)
  5. 6. Jesus often ministers to the poor (including those who are outsiders, oppressed, and sinners) in the Gospel of Luke. Jesus says that the woman who anoints him has been _________ of her many sins and thus she has shown great love, unlike the Pharisees who criticize her (Luke 7:47)
  6. 7. Luke emphasizes the innocence of Jesus in his passion account. Jesus offers the repentant good thief forgiveness: the ability to be with him in _______ today (Luke 23:43)
  7. 11. In the parable, the tax collector shows humility by begging God to “be _______ to me, a sinner,” while the prideful Pharisee thanks God that he is not like other people (Luke 18:13)
  8. 15. In the “Sermon on the Plain” in Luke, Jesus continues to proclaim the reversal of expectations and the need for repentance when he says ____ to the rich, popular, and comfortable but blessed are the poor, hungry, and persecuted (Luke 6:24-26)