Luke 4:38

4:38 After Jesus left ¹  the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus ²  to help her. ³ 

Luke 8:14

8:14 As for the seed that ⁴  fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but ⁵  as they go on their way they are choked ⁶  by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, ⁷  and their fruit does not mature. ⁸ 

Luke 12:15

12:15 Then ⁹  he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from ¹⁰  all types of greed, ¹¹  because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 19:8

19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give ¹²  to the poor, and if ¹³  I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”

[4:38]  ¹ tn Grk “Arising from the synagogue, he entered.” The participle ἀναστάς (anastas) has been taken temporally here, and the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:38]  ² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:38]  ³ tn Grk “they asked him about her.” It is clear from the context that they were concerned about her physical condition. The verb “to help” in the translation makes this explicit.

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “What”; the referent (the seed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:14]  ⁶ sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.

[8:14]  ⁷ sn On warnings about the dangers of excessive material attachments, described here as the worries and riches and pleasures of life, see Luke 12:12-21; 16:19-31.

[8:14]  ⁸ tn The verb τελεσφορέω (telesforew) means “to produce mature or ripe fruit” (L&N 23.203). Once again the seed does not reach its goal.

[12:15]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[12:15]  ⁸ tn See L&N 13.154 for this use of the middle voice of φυλάσσω (fulassw) in this verse.

[12:15]  ⁹ tn Or “avarice,” “covetousness.” Note the warning covers more than money and gets at the root attitude – the strong desire to acquire more and more possessions and experiences.

[19:8]  ¹⁰ sn Zacchaeus was a penitent man who resolved on the spot to act differently in the face of Jesus’ acceptance of him. In resolving to give half his possessions to the poor, Zacchaeus was not defending himself against the crowd’s charges and claiming to be righteous. Rather as a result of this meeting with Jesus, he was a changed individual. So Jesus could speak of salvation coming that day (v. 9) and of the lost being saved (v. 10).

[19:8]  ¹¹ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.