Luke 13:8

13:8 But the worker ¹  answered him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer ²  on it.

Luke 16:3

16:3 Then ³  the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position ⁴  away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, ⁵  and I’m too ashamed ⁶  to beg.

Luke 6:48

6:48 He is like a man ⁷  building a house, who dug down deep, ⁸  and laid the foundation on bedrock. When ⁹  a flood came, the river ¹⁰  burst against that house but ¹¹  could not shake it, because it had been well built. ¹² 

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the worker who tended the vineyard) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “toss manure [on it].” This is a reference to manure used as fertilizer.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events in the parable.

⁴ tn Grk “the stewardship,” “the management.”

⁵ tn Here “dig” could refer (1) to excavation (“dig ditches,” L&N 19.55) or (2) to agricultural labor (“work the soil,” L&N 43.3). In either case this was labor performed by the uneducated, so it would be an insult as a job for a manager.

⁶ tn Grk “I do not have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg.”

⁵ tn Here and in v. 49 the Greek text reads ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), while the parallel account in Matt 7:24-27 uses ἀνήρ (anhr) in vv. 24 and 26.

⁶ tn There are actually two different Greek verbs used here: “who dug (ἔσκαψεν, eskayen) and dug deep (ἐβάθυνεν, ebaqunen).” Jesus is placing emphasis on the effort to which the man went to prepare his foundation.

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

⁸ sn The picture here is of a river overflowing its banks and causing flooding and chaos.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the context.

¹⁰ tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï latt), read “because he built [it] on the rock” rather than “because it had been well built” (Ì^75vid א B L W Ξ 33 579 892 1241 2542 pc sa). The reading of the later mss seems to be a harmonization to Matt 7:25, rendering it most likely secondary.