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3rd August 2025, 8th Sunday after Pentecost
St Luke 12: 13-21 Be rich toward God, your treasure 12:13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 12:14But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 12:15And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your…
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Preaching Paths 3 August 2025
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In today’s text (Luke 12:13-21), a man in the crowd calls out to Jesus, asking him to settle an inheritance dispute with his brother: “Tell him to divide the inheritance with me!” While it would not have been unusual for a respected rabbi to consider such a…
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27th July 2025, 7th Sunday after Pentecost
St Luke 11:1-13 Jesus teaches prayer 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 11:2 so he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be revered as holy. May…
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Preaching Paths 27 July 2025 Luke 11:1-13, Proper 12C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s Gospel text (Luke 11:1-13) includes Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer. It is quite brief; when Jesus’ disciples request that he teach them to pray, he offers just four concise petitions. Phrasing found in Matthew’s version is missing here (“Our;” “who art in heaven,” “Thy will…
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20th July 2025, 6th Sunday after Pentecost
St Luke 10:38-42 Choosing the better part 10:38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to what he was saying. 10:40 But Martha was distracted by…
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Preaching Paths 20 July 2025 Proper 11C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary This week, as last, the gospel reading before us is a familiar one. Today’s text tells the story of Jesus’ visit with Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42). But if last week’s task was to discover new layers of meaning in a familiar parable, this week’s task may…
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13th July 2025, Proper 10 C
St Luke 10:25-37 The parable of the merciful Samaritan 10:25 An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 10:27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord…
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Preaching Paths 13 July 2025 Proper 10C
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary We know Jesus’ parable in Luke 10:25-37 as “the story of the Good Samaritan,” although the word “good” never appears in the text. In Jesus’ time, both Jews and Samaritans would regard the other as anything but “good.” In the US and elsewhere, the phrase “Good Samaritan”…
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6th July 2025, 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Jesus sends out seventy disciples 10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 10:2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of…
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Preaching Paths 6 July 2025, Proper 9C, Luke 10:1-11,16-20
Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Getting a clear understanding of the narrative context of today’s lection—geographical, temporal, and cultural—is a first step toward fruitful interpretation of Luke’s story of the “mission of the seventy.”* In the closing verses of ch 9, Jesus has 1) begun his journey to Jerusalem [9:51]; 2) decided…
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