Lukas 18:2

18:2 He said, ¹  “In a certain city ²  there was a judge ³  who neither feared God nor respected people. ⁴ 

Lukas 18:4

18:4 For ⁵  a while he refused, but later on ⁶  he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, ⁷ 

Lukas 10:40

10:40 But Martha was distracted ⁸  with all the preparations she had to make, ⁹  so ¹⁰  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care ¹¹  that my sister has left me to do all the work ¹²  alone? Tell ¹³  her to help me.”

Lukas 10:11

10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town ¹⁴  that clings to our feet we wipe off ¹⁵  against you. ¹⁶  Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ ¹⁷ 

Lukas 9:5

9:5 Wherever ¹⁸  they do not receive you, ¹⁹  as you leave that town, ²⁰  shake the dust off ²¹  your feet as a testimony against them.”

Lukas 20:21

20:21 Thus ²²  they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, ²³  and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ²⁴ 

Lukas 17:26

17:26 Just ²⁵  as it was ²⁶  in the days of Noah, ²⁷  so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

Lukas 6:41

6:41 Why ²⁸  do you see the speck ²⁹  in your brother’s eye, but fail to see ³⁰  the beam of wood ³¹  in your own?

Lukas 1:17

1:17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord ³²  in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, ³³  to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

Lukas 8:13

8:13 Those ³⁴  on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, ³⁵  but ³⁶  in a time of testing ³⁷  fall away. ³⁸ 

Lukas 11:31

11:31 The queen of the South ³⁹  will rise up at the judgment ⁴⁰  with the people ⁴¹  of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ⁴²  something greater ⁴³  than Solomon is here!

[18:2]  ¹ tn Grk “lose heart, saying.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronominal subject “He.”

[18:2]  ² tn Or “town.”

[18:2]  ³ sn The judge here is apparently portrayed as a civil judge who often handled financial cases.

[18:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.

[18:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “And for.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “after these things.”

[18:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “man,” but the singular ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic in comparison to God.

[10:40]  ⁸ sn The term distracted means “to be pulled away” by something (L&N 25.238). It is a narrative comment that makes clear who is right in the account.

[10:40]  ⁹ tn Grk “with much serving.”

[10:40]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the following was a result of Martha’s distraction.

[10:40]  ¹¹ tn The negative οὐ (ou) used with the verb expects a positive reply. Martha expected Jesus to respond and rebuke Mary.

[10:40]  ¹² tn Grk “has left me to serve alone.”

[10:40]  ¹³ tn The conjunction οὖν (oun, “then, therefore”) has not been translated here.

[10:11]  ¹⁴ tn Or “city.”

[10:11]  ¹⁵ sn See Luke 9:5, where the verb is different but the meaning is the same. This was a sign of rejection.

[10:11]  ¹⁶ tn Here ὑμῖν (Jumin) has been translated as a dative of disadvantage.

[10:11]  ¹⁷ tn Or “has come near.” As in v. 9 (see above), the combination of ἐγγίζω (engizw) with the preposition ἐπί (epi) is decisive in showing that the sense is “has come” (see BDAG 270 s.v. ἐγγίζω 2, and W. R. Hutton, “The Kingdom of God Has Come,” ExpTim 64 [Dec 1952]: 89-91).

[9:5]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “And wherever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:5]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “all those who do not receive you.”

[9:5]  ²⁰ tn Or “city.”

[9:5]  ²¹ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

[20:21]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.

[20:21]  ²³ tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

[20:21]  ²⁴ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.

[17:26]  ²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:26]  ²⁶ tn Or “as it happened.”

[17:26]  ²⁷ sn Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.

[6:41]  ²⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[6:41]  ²⁹ sn A speck (also twice in v. 42) refers to a small piece of wood, chaff, or straw (L&N 3.66).

[6:41]  ³⁰ tn Or “do not notice.”

[6:41]  ³¹ 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).

[1:17]  ³² tn Grk “before him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:17]  ³³ sn These two lines cover all relationships: Turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children points to horizontal relationships, while (turn) the disobedient to the wisdom of the just shows what God gives from above in a vertical manner.

[8:13]  ³⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:13]  ³⁵ sn This time of temporary faith represented by the description believe for a while is presented rather tragically in the passage. The seed does not get a chance to do all it can.

[8:13]  ³⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:13]  ³⁷ tn Traditionally, “temptation.” Such a translation puts the emphasis on temptation to sin rather than testing of faith, which is what the context seems to indicate.

[8:13]  ³⁸ sn Fall away. On the idea of falling away and the warnings against it, see 2 Tim 3:1; Heb 3:12; Jer 3:14; Dan 9:9.

[11:31]  ³⁹ sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

[11:31]  ⁴⁰ sn For the imagery of judgment, see Luke 10:13-15 and 11:19. The warnings are coming consistently now.

[11:31]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as is the case here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1, 2). The same term, translated the same way, occurs in v. 32.

[11:31]  ⁴² tn Grk “behold.”

[11:31]  ⁴³ sn The message of Jesus was something greater than what Solomon offered. On Jesus and wisdom, see Luke 7:35; 10:21-22; 1 Cor 1:24, 30.