Luke 11:9

11:9 “So ¹  I tell you: Ask, ²  and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door ³  will be opened for you.

Luke 19:23

19:23 Why then didn’t you put ⁴  my money in the bank, ⁵  so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

[11:9]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai, from καγώ [kagw]) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion drawn from the preceding parable.

[11:9]  ² sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.

[11:9]  ³ tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:23]  ⁴ tn That is, “If you really feared me why did you not do a minimum to get what I asked for?”

[19:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “on the table”; the idiom refers to a place where money is kept or managed, or credit is established, thus “bank” (L&N 57.215).