Luke 4:21

4:21 Then ¹  he began to tell them, “Today ²  this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.” ³ 

Luke 14:35

14:35 It is of no value ⁴  for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. ⁵  The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ⁶ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² sn See the note on today in 2:11.

³ tn Grk “in your hearing.”

⁴ tn Or “It is not useful” (L&N 65.32).

⁵ tn Grk “they throw it out.” The third person plural with unspecified subject is a circumlocution for the passive here.

⁶ tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8).