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What makes this commentary on Luke stand apart from others is that, from beginning to end, this is a literary analysis. Because it focuses solely on the Gospel as it appears and not on its source or origin, this commentary richly and thoroughly explores just what Luke is saying and how he says it.

recompense is standard in rabbinic literature; cf. e.g., m.Peah 1:1; bT Shabbath 156b; bT Rosh ha Shanah 16b; bT Gittin 7a–b. A mixed version of this saying is found as well in Gospel of Thomas 76. 34. your heart also will be: The statement is the same in Matt 6:21, but in Luke it has been prepared for by the frequent connections drawn between human passions (the heart) and possessions (the treasure). The pattern of alternating audiences that Luke uses throughout the journey of the
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