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Luke: Outline of Contents

I. Prologue (1:1–4)

II. Infancy narratives (1:5–2:52)

III. Narratives about John the Baptist and Jesus’s baptism and temptation (3:1–4:13)

IV. Jesus in and around Galilee (4:14–9:50)

A. Proclaiming the Gospel in the synagogues (4:14–44)

B. The mission expands and draws conflict (5:1–6:11)

C. The Sermon on the Plain (6:12–49)

D. The ministry continues throughout Galilee and environs (7:1–8:56)

E. Who Jesus is and what he demands (9:1–50)

V. The journey to Jerusalem (9:51–19:44)

A. Teaching concerning discipleship and the kingdom (9:51–10:42)

B. Teaching concerning prayer (11:1–13)

C. Conflict with the religious leaders of Israel (11:14–54)

D. Teaching concerning the need for vigilance (12:1–13:9)

E. Teaching concerning the Kingdom of God (13:10–17:10)

F. Varied responses to Jesus and the kingdom (17:11–19:27)

G. Preparing for arrival in Jerusalem (19:28–39)

H. Jesus and his disciples arrive in Jerusalem (19:40–44)

VI. Jesus in Jerusalem (19:45–21:38)

VII. The Last Supper and the trial and death of Jesus (22:1–23:56)

VIII. Resurrection narratives (24:1–53).

Courtesy of HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, ed. Mark Allan Powell (New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 573.