[1:53] 1 sn Good things refers not merely to material blessings, but blessings that come from knowing God.
[1:53] 2 sn Another fundamental contrast of Luke’s is between the hungry and the rich (Luke 6:20-26).
[14:33] 3 tn Grk “Likewise therefore every one of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.” The complex double negation is potentially confusing to the modern reader and has been simplified in the translation. See L&N 57.70.
[14:33] sn The application of the saying is this: Discipleship requires that God be in first place. The reference to renunciation of all his own possessions refers to all earthly attachments that have first place.