Lukas 6:41

6:41 Why ¹  do you see the speck ²  in your brother’s eye, but fail to see ³  the beam of wood ⁴  in your own?

Lukas 19:17

19:17 And the king ⁵  said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful ⁶  in a very small matter, you will have authority ⁷  over ten cities.’

[6:41]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[6:41]  ² sn A speck (also twice in v. 42) refers to a small piece of wood, chaff, or straw (L&N 3.66).

[6:41]  ³ tn Or “do not notice.”

[6:41]  ⁴ sn The beam of wood (also twice in v. 42) refers to a big piece of wood, the main beam of a building, in contrast to the speck in the other’s eye (L&N 7.78).

[19:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:17]  ⁶ tn See Luke 16:10.

[19:17]  ⁷ sn The faithful slave received expanded responsibility (authority over ten cities) as a result of his faithfulness; this in turn is an exhortation to faithfulness for the reader.