Luke 11:7

11:7 Then ¹  he will reply ²  from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. ³  I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ⁴ 

Luke 11:42

11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! ⁵  You give a tenth ⁶  of your mint, ⁷  rue, ⁸  and every herb, yet you neglect justice ⁹  and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. ¹⁰ 

[11:7]  ¹ tn Κἀκεῖνος (kakeino") has been translated “Then he.”

[11:7]  ² tn Grk “answering, he will say.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he will reply.”

[11:7]  ³ tn Grk “my children are with me in the bed.” In Jewish homes in the time of Jesus, the beds were often all together in one room; thus the householder may be speaking of individual beds (using a collective singular) rather than a common bed.

[11:7]  ⁴ tn The syntax of vv. 6-7 is complex. In the Greek text Jesus’ words in v. 6 begin as a question. Some see Jesus’ question ending at v. 6, but the reply starting in v. 8 favors extending the question through the entire illustration. The translation breaks up the long sentence at the beginning of v. 7 and translates Jesus’ words as a statement for reasons of English style.

[11:42]  ⁵ tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so to the end of this chapter).

[11:42]  ⁶ tn Or “you tithe mint.”

[11:42]  ⁷ sn These small herbs were tithed with great care (Mishnah, m. Demai 2:1).

[11:42]  ⁸ tn Grk “and rue.” 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.

[11:42]  ⁹ sn Justice was a major theme of OT ethics (Mic 6:8; Zech 7:8-10).

[11:42]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “those”; but this has been translated as “the others” to clarify which are meant.