Book 3 of 27 in the New Testament — Jesus' compassion for all people.
Luke, a physician and companion of Paul, presents a carefully researched account addressed to a patron named Theophilus, emphasizing historical accuracy from the outset. The Gospel highlights Jesus' compassion for the poor, the outcast, women, and non-Jews — groups often overlooked in first-century society. Distinctive material includes the birth narratives, several parables found nowhere else (the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son), and an extended travel narrative toward Jerusalem. Luke later continues the story in Acts, making the two volumes a unified account of Jesus and the early church.
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”King James Version
The angel Gabriel tells Mary that nothing is impossible with God.
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”King James Version
The angels announce the birth of a Savior in the city of David.
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”King James Version
Jesus reads Isaiah's words about good news for the poor as his own mission.
“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”King James Version
The father runs to embrace his returning prodigal son.
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”King James Version
Jesus explains he came to seek and save the lost.