Lukas 6:38

6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, ¹  will be poured ²  into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” ³ 

Lukas 9:12

9:12 Now the day began to draw to a close, ⁴  so ⁵  the twelve came and said to Jesus, ⁶  “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging ⁷  and food, because we are in an isolated place.” ⁸ 

Lukas 9:48

9:48 and said to them, “Whoever welcomes ⁹  this child ¹⁰  in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.” ¹¹ 

Lukas 11:5

11:5 Then ¹²  he said to them, “Suppose one of you ¹³  has a friend, and you go to him ¹⁴  at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, ¹⁵ 

Lukas 12:27

12:27 Consider how the flowers ¹⁶  grow; they do not work ¹⁷  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

Lukas 19:8

19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give ¹⁸  to the poor, and if ¹⁹  I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”

Lukas 21:12

21:12 But before all this, ²⁰  they will seize ²¹  you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues ²²  and prisons. You ²³  will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

[6:38]  ¹ sn The background to the image pressed down, shaken together, running over is pouring out grain for measure in the marketplace. One often poured the grain into a container, shook it to level out the grain and then poured in some more. Those who are generous have generosity running over for them.

[6:38]  ² tn Grk “they will give”; that is, “pour.” The third person plural has been replaced by the passive in the translation.

[6:38]  ³ tn Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured back to you.”

[9:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “the day began to decline,” looking to the approach of sunset.

[9:12]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the disciples’ request was related to the approach of sunset.

[9:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:12]  ⁷ tn That is, find someone to show them hospitality. L&N 34.61 has “find lodging,” using this verse as an example.

[9:12]  ⁸ tn Or “in a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation). Here ὧδε (Jwde) has not been translated.

[9:48]  ⁹ tn This verb, δέχομαι (decomai), is a term of hospitality (L&N 34.53).

[9:48]  ¹⁰ sn Children were very insignificant in ancient culture, so this child would be the perfect object lesson to counter the disciples’ selfish ambitions.

[9:48]  ¹¹ tn Grk “among you all, this one is great.” The absence of a comparative term here makes the point that comparison should not be done.

[11:5]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[11:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “Who among you will have a friend and go to him.”

[11:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “he will go to him.”

[11:5]  ¹⁵ tn The words “of bread” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by ἄρτους (artou", “loaves”).

[12:27]  ¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

[12:27]  ¹⁷ tn Traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English scans better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.

[19:8]  ¹⁸ sn Zacchaeus was a penitent man who resolved on the spot to act differently in the face of Jesus’ acceptance of him. In resolving to give half his possessions to the poor, Zacchaeus was not defending himself against the crowd’s charges and claiming to be righteous. Rather as a result of this meeting with Jesus, he was a changed individual. So Jesus could speak of salvation coming that day (v. 9) and of the lost being saved (v. 10).

[19:8]  ¹⁹ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.

[21:12]  ²⁰ sn But before all this. Another note of timing is present, this one especially important in understanding the sequence in the discourse. Before the things noted in vv. 8-11 are the events of vv. 12-19.

[21:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “will lay their hands on you.”

[21:12]  ²² sn Some of the persecution is of Jewish origin (the synagogues). Some fulfillment of this can be seen in Acts. See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[21:12]  ²³ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.