Lukas 3:18

3:18 And in this way, ¹  with many other exhortations, John ²  proclaimed good news to the people.

Lukas 8:9

8:9 Then ³  his disciples asked him what this parable meant. ⁴ 

[3:18]  ¹ tn On construction μὲν οὖν καί (men oun kai), see BDF §451.1.

[3:18]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:9]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “what this parable might be” (an optative after a secondary tense, in keeping with good Koine style).