A website to help you study the Gospel of Luke, one of the key documents of the Christian faith

Passages which are unique to Luke
  • The whole birth and infancy story in chs 1-2
  • The questions asked of John the Baptist by his audiences (3:10-14)
  • The genealogy of Jesus (3:23-38)
  • What happened in the synagogue at Nazareth (4:16-30)*
  • The miraculous catch of fish and the calling of the disciples (5:1-11)
  • The denunciation of the rich (6:24-26)
  • The raising of the widow's son at Nain (7:11-17)
  • The anointing by a sinful woman, and Parable of the Two Debtors (7:36-50)
  • The women who looked after the disciples (8:1-3)
  • The rejection by a Samaritan village (9:51-56)
  • The would-be follower who wanted to say goodbye to his family (9:61-62)
  • The sending of the Seventy (10:1) - close links with the sending of the Twelve, Mt 10/Mk 6
  • The story of the Good Samaritan (10:28-42)
  • The story of the Importunate Friend (11:5-8)
  • The woman who called out a blessing on Jesus (11:27-28)
  • The greedy brother and the story of the Rich Fool (12:13-21)
  • The expansion of the parable of the unfaithful servant in 12:47-50
  • The murdered Galileans, barren fig tree and crippled woman (13:1-17)
  • Jesus' message to Herod Antipas (13:31-33)
  • Healing of the man with swollen arms and legs (14:1-14)
  • Story of the great feast (14:15-24)
  • Conditions of discipleship (14:28-33)
  • The story of the lost coin, and the prodigal son (15:8-32)
  • The story of the unjust steward (16:1-12)
  • An exchange with the Pharisees (16:14-15)
  • The story of the rich man and Lazarus (16:19-31)
  • The healing of the ten lepers (17:7-19)
  • The illustration of Lot and his wife (17:28, 29, 32)
  • The story of the unrighteous judge, and the Pharisee and publican (18:1-14)
  • Zaccheus (19:1-10)
  • The parable of the pounds (19:11-27)*
  • The lament over Jerusalem (19:39-44)
  • Parts of the Last Supper story (22:15, 27-32, 35-38)
  • Jesus sent to Herod (23:7-12)
  • The daughters of Jerusalem (23:27-31)
  • The penitent thief (23:39-43)
  • The word from the Cross (23:46)
  • The Road to Emmaus, the appearance to the Eleven, the Ascension story (24:15-53)
* These stories marked in red may appear in another Gospel, but in a very different form.

Other smaller unique passages have been classified like this:

  • Places where Luke mentions where something happened, and Matthew doesn't (e.g. 11:1,13:22,23)
  • Places where Luke keeps the long form of something Matthew shortens (7:4-6)
  • Insertions from other sources that Matthew and Mark report in another version (12:35-38)
  • Independent traditions which may not be part of the original (22:43-44)
  • Editorial additions to emphasise something (6:12b, 6:33-34, 9:43, 3:18)
  • Pauline expressions (21:34)
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