Luke 4:21

4:21 Then ¹  he began to tell them, “Today ²  this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.” ³ 

Luke 14:35

14:35 It is of no value ⁴  for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. ⁵  The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ⁶ 

Luke 1:44

1:44 For the instant ⁷  the sound of your greeting reached my ears, ⁸  the baby in my womb leaped for joy. ⁹ 

Luke 9:44

9:44 “Take these words to heart, ¹⁰  for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” ¹¹ 

Luke 22:50

22:50 Then ¹²  one of them ¹³  struck the high priest’s slave, ¹⁴  cutting off his right ear.

Luke 8:8

8:8 But ¹⁵  other seed fell on good soil and grew, ¹⁶  and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” ¹⁷  As he said this, ¹⁸  he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ¹⁹ 

Luke 12:3

12:3 So then ²⁰  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ²¹  in private rooms ²²  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ²³ 

[4:21]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[4:21]  ² sn See the note on today in 2:11.

[4:21]  ³ tn Grk “in your hearing.”

[14:35]  ⁴ tn Or “It is not useful” (L&N 65.32).

[14:35]  ⁵ tn Grk “they throw it out.” The third person plural with unspecified subject is a circumlocution for the passive here.

[14:35]  ⁶ 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).

[1:44]  ⁷ tn Grk “for behold.”

[1:44]  ⁸ tn Grk “when the sound of your greeting [reached] my ears.”

[1:44]  ⁹ sn On the statement the baby in my womb leaped for joy see both 1:14 and 1:47. This notes a fulfillment of God’s promised word.

[9:44]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Place these words into your ears,” an idiom. The meaning is either “do not forget these words” (L&N 29.5) or “Listen carefully to these words” (L&N 24.64). See also Exod 17:14. For a variation of this expression, see Luke 8:8.

[9:44]  ¹¹ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV, “into human hands”; TEV, “to the power of human beings”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

[22:50]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:50]  ¹⁴ sn One of them. The unnamed disciple is Peter according to John 18:10 (cf. also Matt 26:51; Mark 14:47).

[22:50]  ¹⁵ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

[8:8]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the final stage of the parable.

[8:8]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “when it grew, after it grew.”

[8:8]  ¹⁸ sn Unlike the parallel accounts in Matt 13:8 and Mark 4:8, there is no distinction in yield in this version of the parable.

[8:8]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “said these things.”

[8:8]  ²⁰ 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 14:35).

[12:3]  ¹⁹ tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.

[12:3]  ²⁰ tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”

[12:3]  ²¹ sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

[12:3]  ²² tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.