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Luke 12:16

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12:16 He then 1  told them a parable: 2  “The land of a certain rich man produced 3  an abundant crop,

Luke 15:3

Context

15:3 So 4  Jesus 5  told them 6  this parable: 7 

Luke 18:1

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Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow

18:1 Then 8  Jesus 9  told them a parable to show them they should always 10  pray and not lose heart. 11 

Luke 21:29

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The Parable of the Fig Tree

21:29 Then 12  he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. 13 

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[12:16]  1 tn Grk “And he.” Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the connection to the preceding statement.

[12:16]  2 tn Grk “a parable, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

[12:16]  3 tn Or “yielded a plentiful harvest.”

[15:3]  4 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ telling of the parable is in response to the complaints of the Pharisees and experts in the law.

[15:3]  5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:3]  6 sn Them means at the minimum the parable is for the leadership, but probably also for those people Jesus accepted, but the leaders regarded as outcasts.

[15:3]  7 tn Grk “parable, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[18:1]  7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[18:1]  8 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  9 tn Or “should pray at all times” (L&N 67.88).

[18:1]  10 sn This is one of the few parables that comes with an explanation at the start: …they should always pray and not lose heart. It is part of Luke’s goal in encouraging Theophilus (1:4).

[21:29]  10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[21:29]  11 tn Grk “all the trees.”



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