Luke 12:10

12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit ¹  will not be forgiven. ² 

Luke 12:19

12:19 And I will say to myself, ³  “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Luke 14:9

14:9 So ⁴  the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, ⁵  you will begin to move to the least important ⁶  place.

Luke 15:18

15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned ⁷  against heaven ⁸  and against ⁹  you.

Luke 17:7

17:7 “Would any one of you say ¹⁰  to your slave ¹¹  who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’? ¹² 

Luke 20:5

20:5 So ¹³  they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

Luke 23:29

23:29 For this is certain: ¹⁴  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ¹⁵ 

¹ sn Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit probably refers to a total rejection of the testimony that the Spirit gives to Jesus and the plan of God. This is not so much a sin of the moment as of one’s entire life, an obstinate rejection of God’s message and testimony. Cf. Matt 12:31-32 and Mark 3:28-30.

² tn Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.”

³ tn Grk “to my soul,” which is repeated as a vocative in the following statement, but is left untranslated as redundant.

⁵ tn Grk “host, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate this action is a result of the situation described in the previous verse. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁶ tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.

⁷ tn Grk “lowest place” (also in the repetition of the phrase in the next verse).

⁷ sn In the confession “I have sinned” there is a recognition of wrong that pictures the penitent coming home and “being found.”

⁸ sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God.

⁹ tn According to BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνωπιον 4.a, “in relation to ἁμαρτάνειν ἐ. τινος sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21 (cf. Jdth 5:17; 1 Km 7:6; 20:1).”

⁹ tn Grk “Who among you, having a slave… would say to him.”

¹⁰ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

¹¹ tn Grk “and recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away. See BDAG 70 s.v. ἀναπίπτω 1.

¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ question.

¹³ tn Grk “For behold.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed!”