Luke 2:10

2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully,¹ for I proclaim to you good news² that brings great joy to all the people:

Luke 11:4

11:4 and forgive us our sins,

for we also forgive everyone who sins³ against us.

And do not lead us into temptation.”⁴

Luke 19:26

19:26 ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more,⁵ but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.⁶

Luke 21:36

21:36 But stay alert at all times,⁷ praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must⁸ happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

¹tn Grk “behold.”

²tn Grk “I evangelize to you great joy.”

³tn Grk “who is indebted to us” (an idiom). The picture of sin as debt is not unusual. As for forgiveness offered and forgiveness given, see 1 Pet 3:7.

⁴tc Most mss (א¹ A C D W Θ Ψ 070 Ë¹³ 33 Ï it sy^c,p,h) add “but deliver us from the evil one,” an assimilation to Matt 6:13. The shorter reading has better attestation (Ì⁷⁵ א*^,2 B L 1 700 pc vg sa Or). Internally, since the mss that have the longer reading here display the same tendency throughout the Lord’s Prayer to assimilate the Lukan version to the Matthean version, the shorter reading should be regarded as authentic in Luke.

⁵tn Grk “to everyone who has, he will be given more.”

⁶sn The one who has nothing has even what he seems to have taken away from him, ending up with no reward at all (see also Luke 8:18). The exact force of this is left ambiguous, but there is no comfort here for those who are pictured by the third slave as being totally unmoved by the master. Though not an outright enemy, there is no relationship to the master either. Three groups are represented in the parable: the faithful of various sorts (vv. 16, 18); the unfaithful who associate with Jesus but do not trust him (v. 21); and the enemies (v. 27).

⁷sn The call to be alert at all times is a call to remain faithful in looking for the Lord’s return.

⁸tn For the translation of μέλλω (mellw) as “must,” see L&N 71.36.