Luke 13

First of all, I would like to let those of you scattered far and wide know that tonight we are having our first good rain storm since (I think) a Tuesday afternoon in late March (the 27th to be specific). Do you remember it? :)

Luke 13...
(13:13) This is really significant because usually when Jesus healed someone on the Sabbath, He did it with spoken words only, and not touch (because that wouldn't qualify as most people's definition of "work"), but here He's making a really bold statement about doing good on the Sabbath by healing this woman with a touch.
(13:18-21) Two scandalous images about the Kingdom of God, which I think Jesus maybe used for shock value. The first image is a stinkin' weed that farmers might spend their whole life trying to eradicate from their property (unsuccessfully). The second image is usually used to represent sin in life. But Jesus says that the Kingdom can work similarly, but for a person's good. That's really cool.
(13:31) As hard as Luke is on the Pharisees as a group, I think this verse points out the fact that the Pharisees (who didn't agree with Jesus all the time) still valued Him. I don't buy the NIV Study Bible's explanation here that the Pharisees are trying to scare Jesus away from the area. Also, "fox" is not a very nice thing to call someone in that culture. It would be like calling someone a "poser" or a "wanna-be."