Books of the Bible / Luke
Random Verse from Luke
Roll a random verse from Luke -- 24 chapters, 1,150 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.””
Luke 5:5
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Luke (summary)
Luke is book 42 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 24 chapters and 1,150 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Luke compared to other books of the Bible?
Luke is the 8th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 1,150 verses across 24 chapters -- an average of 47.9 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Luke sit among the other New Testament books?
Luke is book 3 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 42 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Luke?
Mark comes directly before it (16 chapters). John comes directly after it (21 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 1,150 verses in Luke -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.