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Hearing this parable can be like hearing from a longtime friend. Strong memories rush in, and we are eager to resume conversation with a familiar voice. Those dynamics offer preachers opportunities and challenges. Chances are people already connect to this parable in meaningful ways. They have found their space within it and allowed it to … Continue reading “Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Commentary by Matt Skinner”

There was a time when the lectionary known to most churches of the West did not include the Parable of the Prodigal Son at all, even though it is surely one of the best known of Jesus’ parables. To remedy the situation, it was assigned as an alternate reading for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity … Continue reading “Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Commentary by Arland J. Hultgren”

It was early September of 2001.1 I had assigned the “parables of the lost” (Luke 15:1-10) for the practicum in biblical interpretation at the seminary where I teach. We started by sharing our experiences of losing things. We came up with the inevitable lost keys and even lost pets, but the stories of the extravagant … Continue reading “Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Commentary by Sharon H. Ringe”

Nuestro texto consta de dos perícopas bien definidas y distintas en su naturaleza. La primera (vv. 26-27) contiene dichos de Jesús que según muchos investigadores se remontarían a palabras originales del nazareno (especialmente v. 26). La segunda (vv. 28-32) consta de dos ejemplos ilustrativos indirectamente relacionados con lo anterior, posiblemente derivados de la rica tradición … Continue reading “San Lucas 14:25-33 Comentario por Guillermo Hansen”

Vida cotidiana Para este domingo de Pentecostés nos encontramos con una narración que nos invitará a tomar decisiones en nuestra vida cotidiana. Decisiones en la familia, decisiones al emprender una construcción, decisiones al enfrentar una guerra y decisiones de gobierno. Cosas cotidianas que Jesús elabora en sus palabras para mostrar la importancia de pensar bien … Continue reading “San Lucas 14:25-33 Comentario por Ángela del Consuelo Trejo Haager”

Para Comenzar a Pensar En este relato, el Evangelio de Lucas presenta a Jesús dirigiéndose a las multitudes que le siguen y, en este escenario, él repite tres veces una demanda radical acerca del discipulado. Estas demandas siguen una fórmula con un esquema: “quien no hace X no puede ser mi discípulo.” La demanda central … Continue reading “San Lucas 14:25-33 Comentario por Marisa Strizzi”

We live in a market driven society, so it is not surprising that we feel the urge to “sell” Christianity in the marketplace of competing ideas and ways of life. Yet, when Christian mission is shaped toward the “sell” mentality, it more often than not becomes a “low-cost” and “low-risk” commodity.1  How else will we … Continue reading “Luke 14:25-33 Commentary by Jeannine K. Brown”

Luke is interested in stories about Jesus and his family. It’s the only Gospel that tells us that John the Baptist and Jesus were related, probably cousins (cf. 1:36). And, it’s the only Gospel to provide a story about the young twelve-year-old Jesus (cf. 2:41-52). On the one hand, this story is told to exemplify … Continue reading “Luke 14:25-33 Commentary by Emerson Powery”

Last week’s pericope from Luke was set inside, namely, in the home of a Pharisee where Jesus had been having relatively intimate mealtime conversations and interactions. Here, the setting shifts outside and goes public. Jesus is now on the road, and traveling with large crowds. More than this, there is also a shift of topic. … Continue reading “Luke 14:25-33 Commentary by David Schnasa Jacobsen”

En el tercer evangelio el banquete es una de las avenidas favoritas para presentar la interacción de Jesús con otros, particularmente oficiales del judaísmo y para transmitir dichos, hechos y enseñanzas de Jesús. En el mundo greco-romano el banquete era una ocasión no solamente para sentarse a la mesa y disfrutar de la comida y … Continue reading “San Lucas 14:1, 7-14 Comentario por Alvin Padilla”