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title = "Luke 8:1–3"
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date = "2022-11-21"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk8.1-3)
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Luke reveals something radical about Jesus's ministry in these few verses: He
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accepted women as disciples. They followed Him, sat under His teaching, and
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helped fund everyone's travels. This was compeletly unheard of at this time. At
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the time, women were definitely treated as second-class people. Rabbis refused
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to teach women, they weren't allowed as valid witnesses in court, and generally
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had fewer rights. Jesus didn't treat them that way though.
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Some people point to particular parts of the Bible and say it is anti-woman,
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but more than any other ancient book it affirms the positive role of women in
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the world and affords more protections to them if people follow its teachings.
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* * *
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Let us see Your Word as a whole and not just the parts we like or don't like,
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so that we may know the complete truth.
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