The parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son appear only in this book and its second chapter contains the passage in which Mary lays Jesus in a manger "because there was no room for them in the inn," a locale not mentioned in Matthew's version of the nativity.
This book's introduction dedicates an "orderly account" to Theophilus and it contains a story in which a Pharisee is condemned for making the outside of his dishes clean but forgetting who has made the food. The parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son appear only in this book and its second chapter contains the passage in which Mary lays Jesus in a manger "because there was no room for them in the inn," a locale not mentioned in Matthew's version of the nativity. Its author and namesake is traditionally taken to be the companion of Paul mentioned in Colossians 4:14, a doctor. FTP, name this third canonical gospel, coming after Mark and before John.
This book's introduction dedicates an "orderly account" to Theophilus and it contains a story in which a Pharisee is condemned for making the outside of his dishes clean but forgetting who has made the food.
The Gospel According to Luke