Lukas 1:48

1:48 because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. ¹ 

For ²  from now on ³  all generations will call me blessed, ⁴ 

Lukas 9:59

9:59 Jesus ⁵  said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, ⁶  “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Lukas 19:23

19:23 Why then didn’t you put ⁷  my money in the bank, ⁸  so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

[1:48]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “servant” in v. 38.

[1:48]  ² tn Grk “for behold.”

[1:48]  ³ sn From now on is a favorite phrase of Luke’s, showing how God’s acts change things from this point on (5:10; 12:52; 22:18, 69; Acts 18:6).

[1:48]  ⁴ sn Mary is seen here as an example of an object of God’s grace (blessed) for all generations.

[9:59]  ⁵ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:59]  ⁶ tn Grk “said.”

[19:23]  ⁷ tn That is, “If you really feared me why did you not do a minimum to get what I asked for?”

[19:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “on the table”; the idiom refers to a place where money is kept or managed, or credit is established, thus “bank” (L&N 57.215).