Day 79: December 10, 2025 – Luke 7-12

We move from the charismatic very popular Jesus who was set up as the whimsical crowd favorite, to now the healer who every opportunity he gets touches those who are on the fringes of society. He tells stories about Samaritans who are the protagonists. He heals the children of those who are well respected but not within the religious inner circle, in fact, they are considered outside of the moniker of “people of God”. We see Jesus criticize and chastise the religious leaders, even as they continue to invite him over to their houses.

We don’t see quite yet the tide turning and the crowd becoming disinterested and even hostile to Jesus, but we are definitely moving in that direction because Jesus himself is moving in the direction of becoming quite a bit more critical especially of the religious leaders. It is my guess that the next chapters we will see a significant jump from Jesus being favored to Jesus being targeted.