Watch the Gospel of Luke in Yiddish — On Your Smartphone

Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) is one of the world's largest audio‑Scripture ministries, having recorded the Jewish Brit Chadasha in over 1,000 languages for oral‑preference cultures around the globe. Their work spans recording, distribution through listening groups, devices, and apps, and a global "Vision 2033" commitment to place at least one Gospel film in every recorded language by the year 2033.

The LUMO Project is a cinematic, word‑for‑word presentation of the four Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — filmed in Morocco with extensive historical, archaeological, and cultural research into first‑century Judea. Unlike a dramatization, every word on screen is Scripture itself.

FCBH overlays its audio Scripture recordings onto the LUMO footage. Because spoken length varies from language to language, FCBH adds supplemental footage so the visuals match the timing of each narration — producing a true word‑for‑word Gospel film in every target language, rather than a paraphrase or dramatization. The Yiddish track heard in this film was built using AFII's Yiddish voice model, drawing on AFII's decades of work in Yiddish Bible translation.

Full, unabridged text of Luke, with no omissions. The film features rural Moroccan landscapes standing in for first‑century Judea, and a single‑voice narration style that allows the Scripture to be overlaid cleanly in any language — including, now, Yiddish. Luke's Gospel carries a strong emphasis on women, the poor, and outsiders, and the visuals function almost as commentary, reinforcing the text for viewers from oral and visual cultures alike.

1. Global reach. FCBH's distribution channels mean this Yiddish‑narrated Luke film can reach Yiddish‑speaking communities anywhere in the world with no literacy barrier and no app required.

2. Alignment with Vision 2033. This Yiddish Luke film is part of FCBH's global pledge to place one Gospel film in every recorded language by 2033.

3. Cultural and linguistic authenticity. AFII's Yiddish voice model brings the Gospel into the language, idiom, and cultural register of the Yiddish‑speaking world.

4. Scripture purity. Because the narration is word‑for‑word, the film carries the text itself rather than a paraphrase or theological gloss.