Throughout the gospel of Luke, when Jesus proclaims and demonstrates the kingdom, he often does so an eye on women. He shows compassion to this sinful woman who would be rejected by the Pharisees. He heals a woman whose issue of blood had rendered her ritually unclean for years, restoring her body as well as her place in the community (Luke 8). He heals a women physically bent into a position of inferiority (Luke 13), and he praises the generosity of a poor widow (Luke 21). Most of all, in today's remarkable passage, Jesus includes women in his ministry. Joanna, Susanna, and Mary Magdalene not only believe in Jesus, but accompany the disciples as they go from town to town proclaiming the gospel.
And let’s not forget that the entire gospel of Luke is book-ended by the faithfulness of women. Jesus is brought into this world by the courageous obedience of his mother Mary, who says yes to God when she could have said no. And on Easter morning, the disciples who discover the empty tomb are ‘the women.’ It’s simply no accident that women play such an essential role in this gospel. Luke is telling us something about how the kingdom of God works.
Luke 7:36-50

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