Luke 8:15

8:15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing ¹  the word, cling to it ²  with an honest and good ³  heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance. ⁴ 

Luke 12:18-19

12:18 Then ⁵  he said, ‘I ⁶  will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19 And I will say to myself, ⁷  “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Luke 19:17

19:17 And the king ⁸  said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful ⁹  in a very small matter, you will have authority ¹⁰  over ten cities.’

¹ tn The aorist participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally, reflecting action antecedent (prior to) that of the main verb.

² sn There is a tenacity that is a part of spiritual fruitfulness.

³ sn In an ancient context, the qualifier good described the ethical person who possessed integrity. Here it is integrity concerning God’s revelation through Jesus.

⁴ sn Given the pressures noted in the previous soils, bearing fruit takes time (steadfast endurance), just as it does for the farmer. See Jas 1:2-4.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ sn Note how often the first person pronoun is present in these verses. The farmer is totally self absorbed.

⁹ tn Grk “to my soul,” which is repeated as a vocative in the following statement, but is left untranslated as redundant.

¹³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn See Luke 16:10.

¹⁵ sn The faithful slave received expanded responsibility (authority over ten cities) as a result of his faithfulness; this in turn is an exhortation to faithfulness for the reader.