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Fulfilled in Your Hearing: A Hometown Turns Violent and Nets Left Behind | Luke 3–5
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Today we read Luke chapters 3 through 5. John's preaching is notable for how practical it gets. The crowds ask what they should do and he says share your extra shirt and your food. Tax collectors ask and he says do not collect more than required. Soldiers ask and he says do not extort, and be content with your pay. Repentance, in John's mouth, is specific to your job.
Luke's genealogy runs backward and does not stop at Abraham like Matthew's. It goes to Adam, son of God—Luke writing for a wider audience, making the point that this concerns everyone.
Then Nazareth. Jesus reads…
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