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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Luke 17:1-19: The Scandalous Verses, part 1: Forgivers and the grateful leper

Continuing the themes of hope for the “lost” from God (Luke 15) and hope in God being more wealth-creating than material goods (Luke 16), the parables of Luke 17 give us positive role models of hope and trust in God.

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Luke 13:10-21: Woman bent over for 18 years; kingdom parables of mustard seed, yeast in dough

Yeshua heals a woman with a back deformity, but the condition may have also been symbolic of the spiritually oppressed. Kingdom parables of the mustard seed and yeast in dough teach that God will build the kingdom from humble, oppressed beginnings to become greater than any superpower.