Discovery BoxEcclesiastes 11:9
Context11:9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young, 1
and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.
Follow the impulses 2 of your heart and the desires 3 of your eyes,
but know that God will judge your motives and actions. 4
Matthew 12:36
Context12:36 I 5 tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
Matthew 18:23-35
Context18:23 “For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 6 18:24 As 7 he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents 8 was brought to him. 18:25 Because 9 he was not able to repay it, 10 the lord ordered him to be sold, along with 11 his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made. 18:26 Then the slave threw himself to the ground 12 before him, saying, 13 ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’ 18:27 The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt. 18:28 After 14 he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. 15 So 16 he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, 17 saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ 18 18:29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 19 ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’ 18:30 But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt. 18:31 When 20 his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place. 18:32 Then his lord called the first slave 21 and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me! 18:33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’ 18:34 And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him 22 until he repaid all he owed. 18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your 23 brother 24 from your heart.”
Luke 16:2
Context16:2 So 25 he called the manager 26 in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? 27 Turn in the account of your administration, 28 because you can no longer be my manager.’
Galatians 6:5
Context6:5 For each one will carry 29 his own load.
Galatians 6:1
Context6:1 Brothers and sisters, 30 if a person 31 is discovered in some sin, 32 you who are spiritual 33 restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. 34 Pay close attention 35 to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.
Galatians 4:5
Context4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights. 36
[11:9] 1 tn Heb “in your youth”; or “in your childhood.”
[11:9] 2 tn Heb “walk in the ways of your heart.”
[11:9] 4 tn Heb “and know that concerning all these God will bring you into judgment.” The point is not that following one’s impulses and desires is inherently bad and will bring condemnation from God. Rather the point seems to be: As you follow your impulses and desires, realize that all you think and do will eventually be evaluated by God. So one must seek joy within the boundaries of God’s moral standards.
[12:36] 5 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[18:23] 6 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
[18:24] 7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[18:24] 8 sn A talent was a huge sum of money, equal to 6,000 denarii. One denarius was the usual day’s wage for a worker. L&N 6.82 states, “a Greek monetary unit (also a unit of weight) with a value which fluctuated, depending upon the particular monetary system which prevailed at a particular period of time (a silver talent was worth approximately six thousand denarii with gold talents worth at least thirty times that much).”
[18:25] 9 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[18:25] 10 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
[18:25] 11 tn Grk “and his wife.”
[18:26] 12 tn Grk “falling therefore the slave bowed down to the ground.” The redundancy of this expression signals the desperation of the slave in begging for mercy.
[18:26] 13 tc The majority of
[18:28] 14 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[18:28] 15 tn Grk “one hundred denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be about three month’s pay.
[18:28] 16 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so.” A new sentence was started at this point in the translation in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
[18:28] 17 tn Grk “and he grabbed him and started choking him.”
[18:28] 18 tn The word “me” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
[18:29] 19 tn Grk “begged him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
[18:31] 20 tn Grk “Therefore when.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.
[18:32] 21 tn Grk “him”; the referent (the first slave mentioned in v. 24) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:34] 22 tn Grk “handed him over to the torturers,” referring specifically to guards whose job was to torture prisoners who were being questioned. According to L&N 37.126, it is difficult to know for certain in this instance whether the term actually envisions torture as a part of the punishment or is simply a hyperbole. However, in light of the following verse and Jesus’ other warning statements in Matthew about “fiery hell,” “the outer darkness,” etc., it is best not to dismiss this as mere imagery.
[18:35] 23 tn Grk “his.” The pronoun has been translated to follow English idiom (the last pronoun of the verse [“from your heart”] is second person plural in the original).
[18:35] 24 tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.
[16:2] 25 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the reports the man received about his manager.
[16:2] 26 tn Grk “him”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[16:2] 27 sn Although phrased as a question, the charges were believed by the owner, as his dismissal of the manager implies.
[16:2] 28 tn Or “stewardship”; the Greek word οἰκονομία (oikonomia) is cognate with the noun for the manager (οἰκονόμος, oikonomo").
[6:5] 29 tn Or perhaps, “each one must carry.” A number of modern translations treat βαστάσει (bastasei) as an imperatival future.
[6:1] 30 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.
[6:1] 31 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.
[6:1] 32 tn Or “some transgression” (L&N 88.297).
[6:1] 33 sn Who are spiritual refers to people who are controlled and directed by God’s Spirit.
[6:1] 34 tn Or “with a gentle spirit” or “gently.”
[6:1] 35 tn Grk “taking careful notice.”
[4:5] 36 tn The Greek term υἱοθεσία (Juioqesia) was originally a legal technical term for adoption as a son with full rights of inheritance. BDAG 1024 s.v. notes, “a legal t.t. of ‘adoption’ of children, in our lit., i.e. in Paul, only in a transferred sense of a transcendent filial relationship between God and humans (with the legal aspect, not gender specificity, as major semantic component).” Although some modern translations remove the filial sense completely and render the term merely “adoption” (cf. NAB), the retention of this component of meaning was accomplished in the present translation by the phrase “as sons.”
