Luke

1:46–55
Mary sang a song in which she praised God for having all power over everything. The song has two parts. In verses 46–50 she thanks God for doing great things for her. God did this even though she wasn’t an important person. In verses 51–55 Mary sings about the great things God did for the people of Israel.

1 – 2
The births of John and Jesus were alike in many ways. The angel told Zechariah that he was going to have a son. He also told Zechariah that Jesus was going to be born. The Old Testament told that both John and Jesus would be born.

2:11
The angels, who told the shepherds about Jesus, called him by three different names. They called him Saviour, Messiah and Lord. Luke often called Jesus, the Messiah. The name Messiah means Jesus was appointed by God to save his people.

2:52
Inny knows that there are many different kinds of children.
Do you know what kind of child you want to be?
What does Luke 2:52 say about the kind of child Jesus was?

Write down what kind of child you want to be. Begin your sentence like this.
I want to be the kind of child who ___________.
Do you think you can be like Jesus when he was a child?

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3:23–3
Luke doesn’t begin Jesus’ family line with Abraham as Matthew does. He takes Jesus’ family line back in history to the first person who ever lived, Adam. Luke wanted to show us that Jesus was truly human.
Jesus was part of King David’s family. This was just as God had promised.

4:1–11
How could Jesus show people that he was the Son of God? The devil had several ideas about this! Thinky read these verses about how the devil tempted Jesus.

The devil knows Jesus is hungry. He tells Jesus to change the stones into bread. Read verse 3. Then the devil says this to Jesus. Jesus can have all the riches in the world if he will worship him. Read verses 5–7. Finally, he says if Jesus is the Son of God, he must show how powerful he is. Read verses 9–11.

Write down what Jesus says to the devil after each temptation.

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4:1–13
Arty says you can follow Jesus’ example. Jesus used Bible verses to help him when he was tempted to do something wrong. Make a list of things that you want to do even though they’re wrong. Maybe one of them is telling a lie. Draw a sword next to each one and then inside the sword write a Bible verse to help you. Here are four examples:

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6:12–16
Before Jesus chose his disciples, he stayed up all night and prayed.
The word disciple comes from the Latin word discipulus, which means student or pupil. After Jesus returned to heaven, the disciples were called apostles. This word comes from the Greek word apostolos. This word means someone who is sent out to do a job.
Jesus first trained his disciples and then he sent them out to work in his kingdom.

7:11–17
In Bible times, women didn’t have the same rights as men. But Jesus always respected women and treated them as equals. He showed us that men and women are of equal worth. Luke writes about a number of times that Jesus speaks with women. The other gospel writers don’t write about these stories.

7:18–23
Two of John the Baptist’s disciples went to find out if Jesus was really God’s Son. Jesus told them to tell John about what they had seen him do. He said that they could then decide who he is. Read verses 21 and 22 and make a list of the things that Jesus did.

Thinky wants to know if you noticed that Jesus helped people in ways that ordinary people couldn’t. Only Jesus had the power to do those things. God’s Son cared deeply about poor, unhappy and suffering people. And he helped them!.

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7:36–50
During Jesus’ time, women didn’t enter a room where men were eating. It was bad manners! Women were also not allowed to take off their headscarves except at home. They would remove their scarves only in the presence of their families. If there were strangers present, their heads had to be covered.
Mary didn’t care what other people thought about her. All she cared about was showing Jesus how much she loved him.

9:7–36
Herod wanted to know who Jesus was. Luke tells us what Jesus is like and what Jesus does.

10:25–37
Read the story about the Good Samaritan with Joinme. Imagine if this happened today. A Good Samaritan is someone who helps others wherever they are.
For example, they can help at school or at a party. They can help people on the sports field. Good Samaritans can also help at Sunday school, at home or on the street.

Do roleplays with your friends to show how you can be a Good Samaritan wherever you are.

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11:1–13
The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. So he taught them the prayer found in verses 1–4. This is known as The Lord’s Prayer. He also told them in verses 5–10 that praying is very important. Jesus told them that they had to pray regularly. In verses 11–13 Jesus assured them that their Father in heaven heard their prayers.

12:23–34
When we say someone is rich, we usually mean that they have lots of money or possessions. Inny wonders what riches in heaven look like. What do you think?

Do you think it’s important to be rich?
Is it important to have riches in heaven?
Write down your feelings about being rich.
Write down where you think your true riches are.
Are they in heaven or on earth?

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15:3–7
Inny wonders if you’ve ever been lost.
Were you scared?
Were you afraid that you would never be able to find your family or friends?
What happened? Did someone come looking for you?
What did it feel like to be found?

When we feel as if we can’t find God, we can be certain that he will come looking for us. He loves us. He wants us to be near him.

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17:3–4
Can you remember someone being angry with you because of something you said or did? How does it feel? Choose a color from Hearty’s color chart on page 19.

What does it feel like when someone forgives you and says they aren’t angry anymore? It’s as if a heavy load has been lifted off your back, isn’t it?
You feel light and free. Choose a color from Hearty’s color chart.
Jesus tells us to forgive other people so that they can feel light and free.

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18:15–17
People sometimes think that children aren’t important. How do you feel when this happens to you? Choose a color from Hearty’s color chart on page 19.
Hearty thinks it can make you sad or angry.

The disciples also thought that the children and their parents should stop bothering Jesus. The disciples wanted them to go away. What did Jesus do?

Jesus thinks that children are important. How does that make you feel? Choose a color from Hearty’s chart that shows your feelings.

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All the gospels tell us that Jesus rose from the dead. You can read it in Luke 24:1–12, Matthew 28:1–10, Mark 16:1–8 and John 20:1–10.
Luke tells us that it was the women who first discovered that Jesus had risen. Then on that same day, Jesus appeared to two men on their way to Emmaus. After that, he appeared to all the disciples in Jerusalem.