Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament and the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth. The friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here's how this works. We're going to read three chapters a day for 30 days,

get through all four books. So today I'm going to read you three chapters. You can listen.

You can watch on YouTube. You can read along in your own Bible, and then I'll pray. And that's it.

So today is April 12th, and I will be reading Luke 13 through 15 from the new living translation. And if you are following

along in the Let's Read the Gospel's Guided Journal, we are on page 85. Luke 13. About this time,

Jesus was informed the pilot had murdered some people from Galilee as they were

offering sacrifices at the temple. Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the

other people from Galilee? Jesus asked, is that why they suffered? Not at all. And you will perish too

unless you repent of your sins and turn to God. And what about the 18 people who died when the

tower in Salome fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? No, and I tell you again,

that unless you repent, you will perish too. Then Jesus told this story. A man planted a fig tree in his

garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it,

but he was always disappointed. Finally, he said to his gardener, I've waited three years and there

hasn't been a single fig. Cut it down. It's just taking up space in the garden. The gardener

answered, sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I'll give it special attention and plenty of

fertilizer. If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down. One Sabbath day, as Jesus was

teaching in a synagogue, he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent

double for 18 years and was unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her,

he called her over and said, Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness. Then he touched her and

instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God. But the leader in charge of the synagogue

was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. There are six days of the

week for working, he said to the crowd, come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.

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