Following are additional statements erroneously attributed to Jesus.

1. John the Baptist. Luke: Chapters 1 and 2 present a muddled account of John the Baptist. The authors of Part IV of The Urantia Book devote the entire Paper Number 135 to John the Baptist. This account covers his life and teachings from his birth to his death.

2. Luke: Chapters 1 and 2: These two chapters present a very confused account of Joseph and Mary, and Zechariah and Elizabeth. They contain much misinformation.
    Paper 122 of The Urantia Book presents a detailed description of the events surrounding the conception and births of Jesus and John the Baptist.
    As previously stated, Jesus was conceived and was born into the world just as all other babies before and since . . .   [119:7:5]
   It was Jesus' desire to live the life of an average mortal. The average mortal is not conceived by the Holy Ghost or the Holy Spirit!

3. Luke 2:41-52: The boy Jesus in the temple. The Urantia Book, Paper 125, presents a detailed account of Jesus' first remembered visit to Jerusalem. It provides a description of how he thoroughly befuddled the Temple scribes and teachers.   See especially Sections 4-6.

4. Luke Chapter 3: The preaching of John the Baptist. See Item 1. above.

5. Luke 3:23-38: The genealogy of Jesus. The genealogy of Jesus as presented in these passages is very unreliable.
    Jesus himself onetime publicly denied any connection with the royal house of David. The many genealogies of both Joseph and Mary were constructed subsequent to Jesus' [Michael's] career on earth. Many of these lineages contain much of the Master's ancestry, but on the whole they are not genuine and may not be depended upon as factual. The early followers of Jesus all too often succumbed to the temptation to make all the olden prophetic utterances appear to find fulfillment in the life of their Lord and Master.   [122:4:4]

6. Luke 4:23-27: And Jesus said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. [Nazareth] . . . Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
    Some of these statements supposedly made by Jesus were apparently inserted into the record and erroneously attributed to him. [See Note at end of this item.]
    Verses 28-30 seem to refer to an event which occurred when Jesus gave a sermon in the synagogue in Nazareth: And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
    At this time, the majority of the citizens were angry because he had done none of his great works in the city of his youth. On the whole, the opinions of the people were unfavorable to him. Instead of a welcome homecoming, Jesus found himself in the midst of a decidedly hostile and hypercritical atmosphere. Further, his enemies had hired numerous rough and uncouth men to harass him and in every way possible make trouble.   [150:7:2,3]
    After the sermon the situation went from bad to worse. Jesus' followers, incensed at his rude treatment by the hostile crowd, gave expression to passionate and vehement resentment, all of which only tended to arouse the mob spirit in this ungodly and uncouth assembly. And so, under the leadership of hirelings, these ruffians laid hold upon Jesus and rushed him out of the synagogue to the brow of a near-by precipitous hill, where they were minded to shove him over the edge to his death below. But just as they were about to push him over the edge of the cliff, Jesus turned suddenly upon his captors and, facing them, quietly folded his arms. He said nothing, but his friends were more than astonished when, as he started to walk forward, the mob parted and permitted him to pass on unmolested.   [150:9:1-4]
    It was during this event when Jesus, replying to the rude and sinister questions of his enemies, answered: Yes, I am Joseph's son; I am the carpenter, and I am surprised that you remind me of the proverb, "Physician heal yourself," and that you challenge me to do in Nazareth what you have heard I did at Capernaum; but I call you to witness that even the Scriptures declare that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country and among his own people."   [150:9:1]
    For the complete account of this event see [150:7-9].

Note: It was during the epochal sermon in Capernaum that Jesus, amid much murmuring in the synagogue, and such a tumult was threatened that Jesus stood up and said: Let us be patient; the truth never suffers from honest examination.   [153:2:11]
    How many Christians are willing to make an honest, unbiased examination of the Bible in an effort to separate the wheat from the chaff?

7. Luke 6:20 ff. The Beatitudes. Some of these passages apparently refer to statements made by Jesus during the ordination of the twelve. For a complete account of the ordination of the twelve Apostles see Paper 140.
    The so-called "Sermon on the Mount" is not the gospel of Jesus. It does contain much helpful instruction, but it was Jesus' ordination charge to the twelve Apostles. It was the Master's personal commission to those who were to go on preaching the gospel and aspiring to represent him in the world of men even as he was so eloquently and perfectly representative of his Father.   [140:4:1]   See Matthew:5:1 ff.

8. Luke 8:26-40: In this account Jesus supposedly instructed numerous devils to leave an afflicted man and go into a herd of swine. The swine stampeded over a cliff into the water and were killed. Also see Matthew 8:28-34 and Mark 5:1-20.
    What actually happened is explained in Paper 151:6:The Kheresa Lunatic. According to these passages in Matthew, Mark, and Luke Jesus intentionally sent the devils into the herd of swine. That is, Jesus willingly destroyed the swine. Jesus would never destroy property that did not belong to him.

9. Luke 9:28-36. The Transfiguration. Peter, James, and John mistakenly thought that Jesus was talking to Moses and Elijah. He was talking to Gabriel and the Father Melchizedek. [See Item 3 in my Paper 36.]

10. Luke 10:3: Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.  [See Item 4 in my Paper 35.]

11. Luke 10:12: But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. [See Item 2 in my Paper 36.]

12. Luke 10:12,15,19: But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
     And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
     Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
     Jesus did not mention Sodom. Neither did he say that Capernaum "shalt be thrust down to hell." Why would Jesus say that "Capernaum shalt be thrust down to hell" when he well knew there is no such place as hell?
     Jesus said nothing about serpents and scorpions!

13. Luke 11:29-52: These passages are a confused account of Jesus' last discourse in the Temple.
     His last discourse in the Temple can be read in full in Paper 175 in The Urantia Book.

14. Luke 12:48: But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. . . .
     Jesus said nothing about a person being beaten with stripes.

15. Luke 12:49-53: There is little accurate information in these verses. Jesus did not say: I am come to send fire on the earth; . . . Nor did he say that he came to bring division among the members of a family . . . [See Item 6 in my paper 35.]

16. Luke 13:28,29: There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
     And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
     Jesus did not make these statements. If a mortal's universe career ends at death, it will be as if he had never been born. Therefore, there is no possibility that a non-survivor can see persons who are in heaven.

17. Luke 16:19: The Rich Man and the Beggar. Peter told this story during the last teaching at Pella. The sneering and scoffing by the Pharisees began when Jesus stated that no man can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to one while he despises the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.  [169:2:7]
     When the Pharisees who were present heard this, they began to sneer and scoff since they were much given to the acquirement of riches. The unfriendly hearers sought to engage Jesus in unprofitable argumentation, but he [Jesus] refused to debate with his enemies. When the Pharisees fell to wrangling among themselves, their loud speaking attracted large numbers of the multitude encamped thereabouts; and when they began to dispute with each other, Jesus withdrew, going to his tent for the night.  [169:2:8]
     When the meeting became too noisy, Simon Peter, standing up, took charge, saying: Men and brethren, it is not seemly thus to dispute among yourselves. The Master has spoken, and you do well to ponder his words.  [169:3:1]
     Peter then told them the allegory of the Nazarites concerning the rich man, Dives, and the beggar, Lazarus, as John the Baptist had thundered it by the banks of the river Jordan.
[169:3:1-3]

18. Luke 17:20-37: There is much misinformation in these passages. Apparently someone wrote this hodgepodge of statements and attributed them to Jesus.

19. Luke 21:5-28: Signs of the End. Jesus did make some of the comments, but it appears that these passages were collected from here and there and attributed to Jesus.

20. Luke 22:7-23: v. 19,20: And Jesus took the bread, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying: This my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
     Jesus did not say that the bread was his body. And he did not say that the wine represented his blood.
     See Item 15 in my paper number 36 for a more detailed explanation.

21. Luke 22:49-51: When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
     This incident did not happen. During the arrest of Jesus by the Romans no one cut off the ear of a soldier.
     See Item 16 in my paper number 36 for a more detailed explanation.

22. Luke 24:36-48: There is much erroneous information in these passages.
     The various appearances by Jesus to his Apostles and his followers are described in detail in Papers 190 and 191 in The Urantia Book.