Luke 5:34

5:34 So ¹  Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests ²  fast while the bridegroom ³  is with them, can you? ⁴ 

Luke 8:19

Jesus’ True Family

8:19 Now Jesus’ ⁵  mother and his brothers ⁶  came to him, but ⁷  they could not get near him because of the crowd.

Luke 13:11

13:11 and a woman was there ⁸  who had been disabled by a spirit ⁹  for eighteen years. She ¹⁰  was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. ¹¹ 

Luke 14:33

14:33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. ¹² 

Luke 19:3

19:3 He ¹³  was trying to get a look at Jesus, ¹⁴  but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. ¹⁵ 

Luke 21:15

21:15 For I will give you the words ¹⁶  along with the wisdom ¹⁷  that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ pronouncement is a result of their statements about his disciples.

² tn Grk “the sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to guests at the wedding, or more specifically, friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).

³ sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).

⁴ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “can you?”).

⁵ tn Grk “his”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn The issue of whether Jesus had brothers (siblings) has had a long history in the church. Epiphanius, in the 4th century, argued that Mary was a perpetual virgin and had no offspring other than Jesus. Others argued that these brothers were really cousins. Nothing in the text suggests any of this. See also John 7:3.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁹ tn Grk “and behold, a woman.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

¹⁰ tn Grk “a woman having a spirit of weakness” (or “a spirit of infirmity”).

¹¹ tn Grk “years, and.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹² tn Or “and could not straighten herself up at all.” If εἰς τὸ παντελές (ei" to pantele") is understood to modify δυναμένη (dunamenh), the meaning is “she was not able at all to straighten herself up”; but the phrase may be taken with ἀνακύψαι (anakuyai) and understood to mean the same as the adverb παντελῶς (pantelws), with the meaning “she was not able to straighten herself up completely.” See BDAG 754 s.v. παντελής 1 for further discussion. The second option is preferred in the translation because of proximity: The phrase in question follows ἀνακύψαι in the Greek text.

¹³ tn Grk “Likewise therefore every one of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.” The complex double negation is potentially confusing to the modern reader and has been simplified in the translation. See L&N 57.70.

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁸ tn Grk “He was trying to see who Jesus was.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “and he was not able to because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.”

²¹ tn Grk “a mouth.” It is a metonymy and refers to the reply the Lord will give to them.

²² tn Grk “and wisdom.”