🪔 Luke 15

Luke 15 is a real chapter from the New Testament. It starts, “Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!” Luke 15 opens with these words: “Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.” The line to keep is Luke 15:10: “Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”” Carry the word “tell” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Luke 15:10: “Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Luke 15? Then try this: Read “Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.