Luke 15:13

15:13 After ¹  a few days, ²  the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered ³  his wealth ⁴  with a wild lifestyle.

Luke 15:30

15:30 But when this son of yours ⁵  came back, who has devoured ⁶  your assets with prostitutes, ⁷  you killed the fattened calf ⁸  for him!’

Luke 16:1-2

The Parable of the Clever Steward

16:1 Jesus ⁹  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ¹⁰  that his manager ¹¹  was wasting ¹²  his assets. 16:2 So ¹³  he called the manager ¹⁴  in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? ¹⁵  Turn in the account of your administration, ¹⁶  because you can no longer be my manager.’

[15:13]  ¹ tn Grk “And after.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:13]  ² tn Grk “after not many days.”

[15:13]  ³ tn Or “wasted.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).

[15:13]  ⁴ tn Or “estate” (the same word has been translated “estate” in v. 12).

[15:30]  ⁵ sn Note the younger son is not “my brother” but this son of yours (an expression with a distinctly pejorative nuance).

[15:30]  ⁶ sn This is another graphic description. The younger son’s consumption had been like a glutton. He had both figuratively and literally devoured the assets which were given to him.

[15:30]  ⁷ sn The charge concerning the prostitutes is unproven, but essentially the older brother accuses the father of committing an injustice by rewarding his younger son’s unrighteous behavior.

[15:30]  ⁸ sn See note on the phrase “fattened calf” in v. 23.

[16:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:1]  ¹⁰ tn These are not formal legal charges, but reports from friends, acquaintances, etc.; Grk “A certain man was rich who had a manager, and this one was reported to him as wasting his property.”

[16:1]  ¹¹ sn His manager was the steward in charge of managing the house. He could have been a slave trained for the role.

[16:1]  ¹² tn Or “squandering.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).

[16:2]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the reports the man received about his manager.

[16:2]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ¹⁵ sn Although phrased as a question, the charges were believed by the owner, as his dismissal of the manager implies.

[16:2]  ¹⁶ tn Or “stewardship”; the Greek word οἰκονομία (oikonomia) is cognate with the noun for the manager (οἰκονόμος, oikonomo").