Luke 10:2

10:2 He¹ said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest² to send out³ workers into his harvest.

Luke 13:27

13:27 But⁴ he will reply,⁵ ‘I don’t know where you come from!⁶ Go away from me, all you evildoers!’⁷

Luke 10:7

10:7 Stay⁸ in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you,⁹ for the worker deserves his pay.¹⁰ Do not move around from house to house.

¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²sn The phrase Lord of the harvest recognizes God’s sovereignty over the harvest process.

³tn Grk “to thrust out.”

⁴tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁵tc Most mss (Ì^75* A D L W Θ Ψ 070 Ë^1,13 Ï) have ἐρεῖ λέγω ὑμῖν (erei legw Jumin; “he will say, ‘I say to you’”) here, while some have only ἐρεῖ ὑμῖν (“he will say to you” in א 579 pc lat sa) or simply ἐρεῖ (“he will say” in 1195 pc). The variety of readings seems to have arisen from the somewhat unusual wording of the original, ἐρεῖ λέγων ὑμῖν (erei legwn Jumin; “he will say, saying to you” found in Ì^75c B 892 pc). Given the indicative λέγω, it is difficult to explain how the other readings would have arisen. But if the participle λέγων were original, the other readings can more easily be explained as arising from it. Although the external evidence is significantly stronger in support of the indicative reading, the internal evidence is on the side of the participle.

⁶sn The issue is not familiarity (with Jesus’ teaching) or even shared activity (eating and drinking with him), but knowing Jesus. Those who do not know him, he will not know where they come from (i.e., will not acknowledge) at the judgment.

⁷tn Grk “all you workers of iniquity.” The phrase resembles Ps 6:8.

⁷tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁸tn Grk “eating and drinking the things from them” (an idiom for what the people in the house provide the guests).

⁹sn On the phrase the worker deserves his pay see 1 Tim 5:18 and 1 Cor 9:14.