Luke 6:27

6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, ¹  do good to those who hate you,

Luke 16:31

16:31 He ²  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ³  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁴ 

Luke 7:22

7:22 So ⁵  he answered them, ⁶  “Go tell ⁷  John what you have seen and heard: ⁸  The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the ⁹  deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

¹ sn Love your enemies is the first of four short exhortations that call for an unusual response to those who are persecuting disciples. Disciples are to relate to hostility in a completely unprecedented manner.

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn Or “obey”; Grk “hear.” See the note on the phrase “respond to” in v. 29.

⁴ sn The concluding statement of the parable, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead, provides a hint that even Jesus’ resurrection will not help some to respond. The message of God should be good enough. Scripture is the sign to be heeded.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.

⁴ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”

⁵ sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.

⁶ sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.

⁷ tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.