Luke 7:41-42

7:41 “A certain creditor ¹  had two debtors; one owed him ²  five hundred silver coins, ³  and the other fifty. 7:42 When they could not pay, he canceled ⁴  the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

Luke 13:4

13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed ⁵  when the tower in Siloam fell on them, ⁶  do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? ⁷ 

Luke 16:5

16:5 So ⁸  he contacted ⁹  his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Luke 16:7

16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man ¹⁰  replied, ‘A hundred measures ¹¹  of wheat.’ The manager ¹²  said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ¹³ 

[7:41]  ¹ sn A creditor was a moneylender, whose business was to lend money to others at a fixed rate of interest.

[7:41]  ² tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[7:41]  ³ tn Grk “five hundred denarii.”

[7:42]  ⁴ tn The verb ἐχαρίσατο (ecarisato) could be translated as “forgave.” Of course this pictures the forgiveness of God’s grace, which is not earned but bestowed with faith (see v. 49).

[13:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them.” This relative clause embedded in a prepositional phrase is complex in English and has been simplified to an adjectival and a temporal clause in the translation.

[13:4]  ⁶ sn Unlike the previous event, when the tower in Siloam fell on them, it was an accident of fate. It raised the question, however, “Was this a judgment?”

[13:4]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:5]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the manager’s decision.

[16:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “summoning.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[16:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the second debtor) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[16:7]  ¹¹ sn The hundred measures here was a hundreds cors. A cor was a Hebrew dry measure for grain, flour, etc., of between 10-12 bushels (about 390 liters). This was a huge amount of wheat, representing the yield of about 100 acres, a debt of between 2500-3000 denarii.

[16:7]  ¹² tn Grk “He”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:7]  ¹³ sn The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.