Luke 14:35

14:35 It is of no value ¹  for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. ²  The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ³ 

Luke 21:3

21:3 He ⁴  said, “I tell you the truth, ⁵  this poor widow has put in more than all of them. ⁶ 

Luke 23:19

23:19 (This ⁷  was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection ⁸  started in the city, and for murder.) ⁹ 

[14:35]  ¹ tn Or “It is not useful” (L&N 65.32).

[14:35]  ² tn Grk “they throw it out.” The third person plural with unspecified subject is a circumlocution for the passive here.

[14:35]  ³ tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8).

[21:3]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly, I say to you.”

[21:3]  ⁶ sn Has put in more than all of them. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.

[23:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “who” (a continuation of the previous sentence).

[23:19]  ⁸ sn Ironically, what Jesus was alleged to have done, started an insurrection, this man really did.

[23:19]  ⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.