Lukas 12:21

12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, ¹  but is not rich toward God.”

Lukas 18:4

18:4 For ²  a while he refused, but later on ³  he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, ⁴ 

Lukas 18:6

18:6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! ⁵ 

[12:21]  ¹ sn It is selfishness that is rebuked here, in the accumulation of riches for himself. Recall the emphasis on the first person pronouns throughout the parable.

[18:4]  ² tn Grk “And for.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:4]  ³ tn Grk “after these things.”

[18:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.

[18:6]  ⁵ sn Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! The point of the parable is that the judge’s lack of compassion was overcome by the widow’s persistence.