In my New Testament class we are in the midst of going through the gospels. As a result, I assign my students the task of reading each gospel in its entirety in one sitting before we begin covering it in class. This is a beneficial exercise because it helps us get past those pesky chapter and verse divisions that were not original and allows us to get a better sense of a gospel as a whole. In doing this again myself I was struck by two verses in Luke that appear to be directly contradictory.
Read Full Article ». . . to those who have, more will be given; and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away (Luke 8.18)
