Luke 6:49

6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice ¹  is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When ²  the river burst against that house, ³  it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” ⁴ 

Luke 8:13-14

8:13 Those ⁵  on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, ⁶  but ⁷  in a time of testing ⁸  fall away. ⁹  8:14 As for the seed that ¹⁰  fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but ¹¹  as they go on their way they are choked ¹²  by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, ¹³  and their fruit does not mature. ¹⁴ 

Luke 8:24

8:24 They ¹⁵  came ¹⁶  and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, ¹⁷  we are about to die!” So ¹⁸  he got up and rebuked ¹⁹  the wind and the raging waves; ²⁰  they died down, and it was calm.

Luke 9:12

9:12 Now the day began to draw to a close, ²¹  so ²²  the twelve came and said to Jesus, ²³  “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging ²⁴  and food, because we are in an isolated place.” ²⁵ 

Luke 10:13

10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ²⁶  Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if ²⁷  the miracles ²⁸  done in you had been done in Tyre ²⁹  and Sidon, ³⁰  they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 18:22

18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have ³¹  and give the money ³²  to the poor, ³³  and you will have treasure ³⁴  in heaven. Then ³⁵  come, follow me.”

Luke 19:30

19:30 telling them, ³⁶  “Go to the village ahead of you. ³⁷  When ³⁸  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ³⁹  Untie it and bring it here.

Luke 20:19

20:19 Then ⁴⁰  the experts in the law ⁴¹  and the chief priests wanted to arrest ⁴²  him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But ⁴³  they were afraid of the people.

¹ tn Grk “does not do [them].”

² tn Grk “against which”; because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative clause was converted to a temporal clause in the translation and a new sentence started here.

³ tn Grk “it”; the referent (that house) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “and its crash was great.”

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶ sn This time of temporary faith represented by the description believe for a while is presented rather tragically in the passage. The seed does not get a chance to do all it can.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁸ tn Traditionally, “temptation.” Such a translation puts the emphasis on temptation to sin rather than testing of faith, which is what the context seems to indicate.

⁹ sn Fall away. On the idea of falling away and the warnings against it, see 2 Tim 3:1; Heb 3:12; Jer 3:14; Dan 9:9.

⁹ tn Grk “What”; the referent (the seed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

¹¹ sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.

¹² sn On warnings about the dangers of excessive material attachments, described here as the worries and riches and pleasures of life, see Luke 12:12-21; 16:19-31.

¹³ tn The verb τελεσφορέω (telesforew) means “to produce mature or ripe fruit” (L&N 23.203). Once again the seed does not reach its goal.

¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁴ tn The participle προσελθόντες (proselqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

¹⁵ tn The double vocative shows great emotion.

¹⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the connection to the preceding events.

¹⁷ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

¹⁸ sn Who has authority over the seas and winds is discussed in the OT: Ps 104:3; 135:7; 107:23-30. When Jesus rebuked the wind and the raging waves he was making a statement about who he was.

¹⁷ tn Grk “the day began to decline,” looking to the approach of sunset.

¹⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the disciples’ request was related to the approach of sunset.

¹⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ tn That is, find someone to show them hospitality. L&N 34.61 has “find lodging,” using this verse as an example.

²¹ tn Or “in a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation). Here ὧδε (Jwde) has not been translated.

²¹ sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after a.d. 30.

²² tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

²³ tn Or “powerful deeds.”

²⁴ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

²⁵ sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”

²⁵ sn See Luke 14:33.

²⁶ tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

²⁷ sn See Luke 1:50-53; 6:20-23; 14:12-14.

²⁸ sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: …you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.

²⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the conversation.

²⁹ tn Grk “saying.”

³⁰ tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

³¹ tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³² tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

³³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

³⁴ tn Or “The scribes” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

³⁵ tn Grk “tried to lay hands on him.”

³⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.