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E Bruce Brooks
Luke’s Sermon on the Way
(Lk 9:51-18:14)
Analysis and Restoration
14 Nov 2013
ANALYSIS
The Sermon is everything between the point after which Luke leaves the Markan outline (Lk 9:50, the salt saying, ~ Mk 9:50)
and the point at which it resumes that outline (Lk 18:15, bringing infants, ~ Mk 10:13). When passages with Mt > Lk
directionality are removed, this turns out to be a long but consecutive discourse on how to maintain faith amid delays of the
Return and interim persecutions. The duty to testify is emphasized, and so are the consequent dangers, but these sections
alternate with words of encouragement. Sections are frequently but not invariably made up of 3 or 3 + 1 elements. In this
outline, Luke A passages are at left; Luke B at first indent; the few Luke C addenda at second indent. All Lk > Mt passages
are noted in the right margin, as are the 4 passages borrowed back from Mt new material in the Sermon on the Mount (SM).
PRIORITIES (3 + 1)
9:51a. Narrative Intro: Setting out for “Jerusalem” (symbolizing Heaven as the goal of an individual-life pilgrimage)
9:5ab-56. Samaritan villagers. [Lk B adds Gentile Mission, but inconsistently]
9:57-58. Man offers to follow; Jesus warns him that “the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” > Mt 8:19-20
9:59-60. Man invited to follow; wishes to bury his father; Jesus says let the dead bury their dead > Mt 8:21-22
9:61-62. Man asks to say farewell, but no one who takes his hand from the plow is fit for the Kingdom
10:1-12. Appointing Seventy. Details cannibalized and duplicated from Mk, with added detail from Mt
10:13-15. Woes to Chorazin < Mt 11:21-23 [Jerusalemization Trajectory]
10:16. Who rejects you rejects me < Mt 10:40 [King Jesus motif]
10:17-20. Return of Seventy
10:21. Revealed to Babes < Mt 11:25-26
10:22. All things are delivered to me. < Mk 11:27 [Matthean King Jesus motif]
10:23-24 Blessed are your eyes < Mt 13:16-17
10:25-28. Lawyer’s Question. Relocated in Luke C for the sake of the Samaritan Parable following:
10:29-37. Good Samaritan. Typical Luke C theme of ONLY Gentiles
10:38-42. Martha. Distracted hostess rebuked [resumes theme of 9:51-62, and concludes it with a female counterpart]
SUSTAINED BY PRAYER (3 + 1)
11:1-4. Lord’s Prayer >Mt6:9-13SM
11:5-8. Friend at Midnight. Assurance of answer to repeated prayer
11:9-13. Knock, ask. Answer to repeated prayer; and answer will be good. > Mt 7:7-11 SM
11:14. Healing [preliminary to next] < Mt 12:22-23
*NB: Mt 12:22-23 is a doublet of Mt 9:32-34
11:15-22 Beelzebul Accusation < Mt 12:24-30. Relocated in Lk B for the sake of 11:24-26 (Mt 12:43-45)
11:23. He who does not gather with me scatters < Mt 12:30
*cf Mk 9:38-41 = Lk 9:49-50; not in Mt
11:24-26. Return of Evil Spirit < Mt 12:43-45
*NB: does not directly follow previous segment in Mt
11:27-28. Rejects Mariolatry; the thing is to keep the Word (against sentimental distractions concerning persons)
11:29-32. Evil Generation; Noah ~ Mt 12:38-40
11:31-32. Queen of the South; Noah ~ Mt 12:42, 41

WITNESSING OPENLY (3 + 1)
11:33. Let light shine >Mt5:15SM
11:34-35. Eye is lamp of body [Different sense of “light”] < Mt 6:22-23 SM (SM > Lk #1)
11:36. If whole body is full of light [Lk adds this encouraging note]
11:37-38. Narrative leadin: Dinner with Pharisees (not in Mt; duplicates original Pharisee leadin; cf below)
11:39-43. Woe to Pharisees < Mt 23:25, 23:23, 23:6
11:44. Unseen graves < Mt 23:27
11:45-46. Bind heavy burdens < Mt 23:4
11:47-48. Build the tombs of the prophets < Mt 23:29 [Lk omits legalistic Mt 23:30-31]
11:49-51. Wisdom of God said < Mt 23:34 ”Jesus said;” Lk downplays pre-existent King Jesus theme
11:52. Taken away the key < Mt 23:13
11:53. Narrative leadout (not in Mt)
12:1. (new setting) Beware the leaven of the Pharisees. Not from Gt Omission, rather < Mt 16:6, 11b.
*Not from Gt Omission, rather < Mt 16:6, 11b
12:2-3. Nothing is covered up. Continues interrupted theme of public witnessing from Lk 11:33 > Mt 10:26-27
12:4-5. Fear those who can kill the soul > Mt 10:28
12:6-7. You are worth many sparrows (Lk encouraging note) > Mt 10:29-31
TEMPTED TO DENY JESUS (3)
12:8-9. Who acknowledges me will be acknowledged in Heaven > Mt 10:32-33
12:10. Who blasphemes against Holy Spirit will not be forgiven > Mt 12:32
12:11-12. Holy Spirit will teach you what to say when accused > Mt 10:19-20
THE UNIMPORTANCE OF WORLDLY THINGS (3+1)
12:13. Against dividing a worldly inheritance
12:16-21. Rich Fool. Against wealth, as impermanent
12:22-28. Do not be anxious; “fear not, little flock” > Mt 6:25-34 SM
*Mt 6:24 is taken over as Lk 16:13, to add to the Canny Steward interpretations
12:29-32. Do not be concerned for daily things > Mt 6:19-20 SM
12:33-34. Sell what you have; where your treasure is, there is your heart also > Mt 6:21 SM
READINESS FOR THE LAST DAYS (3 + 1)
12:35-46. Be like the watchful servants > Mt 24:43-51
12:47-48. Punishment for crimes of ignorance will be light.
12:49-50. Would the end were near [cf Thomas]
12:51-53. Summary warning: I come to bring not peace but division > Mt 10:34-36
PREPARATION FOR THE LAST DAYS (3 + 1)
12:54-56. Signs of the end > Mt 16:2-3
12:57-59. Agree with accuser [avoid worldly litigation; disentangle from the world] > Mt 5:25-26 SM
13:1-5. Repent or perish.
13:6-9. A little time will be allowed to repent [Lk encouraging note]
13:10-17. Healing an infirm woman on Sabbath [verbally echoes Zacchaeus, which is part of Luke B]
13:18-19. Mustard Seed [relocated in B for the sake of the next]
13:20-21. Parable of the Leaven < Mt 13:33 (Symbolic of Gentile Mission to the world; Lk B)
FEWWILLBESAVED(3+1)
13:22. Narrative Intro
13:23-24. Few will find the Way ( ~ Two Ways) > Mt 7:13-14 SM
13:25-27. Householder will deny them; protest of those excluded > Mt 25:10b-12, Mt 7:22-23 SM
13:28-29. Many will come and take your places > Mt 8:11-12
13:30. Many last will be first > Mt 19:30 = 20:16
[JESUS’ COMING DEATH]
13:31-33. Warning from Pharisees about Herod (to introduce next borrowed piece)
13:34-35. Lament over Jerusalem < Mt 23:37-39

HUMILITY (3)
*To Pharisees, compare harsher borrowed Pharisee material at 11:37-12:1
14:1. Narrative setting at Pharisee dinner (positive and friendly)
14:2-6. Healing of man with dropsy on Sabbath (merely recapitulatory; Pharisees are seemingly convinced)
14:7-11. Take lowest place (preaching on humility)
14:12-14. Invite the poor, because they cannot repay you (Lukan theology, see Sermon on the Plain)
LOSING PLACE (3 + 1)
14:15. Narrative intro; Blessed to eat bread in the Kingdom [Mt introduces differently]
14:16-23. Parable of the Feast > spoiled in Mt 22:2-10
14:24. None invited shall taste my feast (Gentiles Only motif; Luke C addendum)
14:25-27. Cost of discipleship; must renounce all > Mt 10:37-38
14:28-33. Count cost: building tower, going to war
14:34-35. If salt has lost its taste; men throw it out > Mt 5:13 SM
REGAINING PLACE (3)
15:1-2. Narrative opening: Pharisee criticisms of consorting with the unclean.
15:3-7. Lost Sheep > Mt 18:12-14
15:8-10. Lost Coin [too small denomination for Mt]
15:11-32. Lost Son [impecuniousness of son offends Mt; he transforms it as Two Sons] > Mt 21:23-27
LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE (3 + 1)
16:1-8. Canny Steward. Rewarding enterprise on own behalf.
16:9. Interpretation added by Luke A to original story (whose moral is actually self-contained at 16:8b)
16:10-12. Later added interpretation; this and next conflict with original Lukan remark, 16:9
16.13. Later added interpretation; “God and Mammon.” < Mt 6:24 SM (SM > Lk #2)
16:14-15. Pharisees rebuked for love of money, Luke B narrative link to preceding.
16:16. Law was until John < Mt 11:12 [Luke A had no interest in law; so also next two]
16:17. Not a jot will pass from the Law < Mt 5:18 SM (SM > Lk #3)
16:18. Divorcing wife makes her an adulteress < Mt 5:32 SM (SM > Lk #4)
16:19-26. Rich Man and Lazarus. The precise point is to condemn inactivity, as the sequel shows.
16:27-31. Luke C extension of above
17:1-2. Temptations are sure to come [ Mk 9:42, relocated in Luke B for the sake of the following passages]
17:3. If your brother sins, rebuke him [Mt interest in accusations] < Mt 18:15
17:4. Forgive him seven times < Mt 18:21-22 [Mt features his favorite Peter; Lk eliminates]
17:5. If you had faith < Mt 17:20
17:7-10. Servant who does only what is required deserves no praise (original action required; cf James and Lk 6:29-30)
17:11-19. Ten Lepers, but only the Samaritan is grateful (Luke C)
17:20-21 Kingdom is in the midst of you [encouraging remark; cf Thomas]
[PREDICTION OF JESUS’ RETURN]
*Based on extra Mt material added to Mk 13
17:22. Intro to section: Days are coming. [notice paired verse structure in what follows]
17:23-24. Do not follow signs < Mt 24:26 (from Mt’s extension to the Mk 13 Apocalypse, and thus Luke B)
*This directly contradicts 17:21a, which must thus be Luke A. This B section is orthodoxizing
17:25. Son of Man Must first suffer (not in Mt)
17:26-27. Days of Noah < Mt 24:37-41 (from Mt’s extension to the Mk 13 Apocalypse)
17:28-29. Days of Lot (not in Mt)
17:30-31. So shall it be when Son of Man is revealed. (not in Mt)
17:32-33. Remember Lot’s wife; Who seeks to save his life will lose it. < Mt 10:39
17:34-35. Two will be in one bed, two women grinding < Mt 24:40-41 (see above, all Mt 24 bits are primary)
[*17:36 is a later scribal extension]
17:37. Where the [vultures] gather < Mt 24:38 (not really Luke’s sort of image)
TWO SUMMARY PARABLES (cadential 2)
18:1. Intro to Parable “about praying and not losing heart”
18:2-5. The judge who yields to repeated entreaties
18:6-8. Moral of the story
18:9. Intro to Parable “about the self-righteous”
18:10-13. Pharisee and Publican
18:14. Moral of story. Who humbles himself will be exalted