Lukas 12:26

12:26 So if ¹  you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about ²  the rest?

Lukas 12:40

12:40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” ³ 

Lukas 12:56

12:56 You hypocrites! ⁴  You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how ⁵  to interpret the present time?

[12:26]  ¹ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

[12:26]  ² tn Or “why are you anxious for.”

[12:40]  ³ sn Jesus made clear that his coming could not be timed, and suggested it might take some time – so long, in fact, that some would not be looking for him any longer (at an hour when you do not expect him).

[12:56]  ⁴ sn In Luke, the term hypocrites occurs here, in 6:42, and in 13:15.

[12:56]  ⁵ tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁵ A W Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat) have a syntax here that reflects a slightly different rhetorical question: “but how do you not interpret the present time?” The reading behind the translation, however, has overall superior support: Ì⁷⁵ א B L Θ 33 892 1241 pc.