Luke 14:9

14:9 So ¹  the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, ²  you will begin to move to the least important ³  place.

Luke 19:13

19:13 And he summoned ten of his slaves, ⁴  gave them ten minas, ⁵  and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

Luke 7:39

7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, ⁶  he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, ⁷  he would know who and what kind of woman ⁸  this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

[14:9]  ¹ tn Grk “host, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate this action is a result of the situation described in the previous verse. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[14:9]  ² tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.

[14:9]  ³ tn Grk “lowest place” (also in the repetition of the phrase in the next verse).

[19:13]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

[19:13]  ⁵ sn That is, one for each. A mina was a Greek monetary unit worth one hundred denarii or about four months’ wages for an average worker based on a six-day work week.

[7:39]  ⁷ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[7:39]  ⁸ tn This is a good example of a second class (contrary to fact) Greek conditional sentence. The Pharisee said, in effect, “If this man were a prophet (but he is not)…”

[7:39]  ⁹ sn The Pharisees believed in a form of separationism that would have prevented them from any kind of association with such a sinful woman.