Luke 6:4
Context6:4 how he entered the house of God, took 1 and ate the sacred bread, 2 which is not lawful 3 for any to eat but the priests alone, and 4 gave it to his companions?” 5
Luke 17:8
Context17:8 Won’t 6 the master 7 instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready 8 to serve me while 9 I eat and drink. Then 10 you may eat and drink’?


[6:4] 2 tn Grk “the bread of presentation.”
[6:4] 3 sn Jesus’ response to the charge that what his disciples were doing was not lawful is one of analogy: ‘If David did it for his troops in a time of need, then so can I with my disciples.’ Jesus is clear that on the surface there was a violation here. What is not as clear is whether he is arguing a “greater need” makes this permissible or that this was within the intention of the law all along.
[6:4] 4 tc Most
[6:4] 5 tc The Western ms D adds here a full saying that reads, “On the same day, as he saw someone working on the Sabbath he said, ‘Man, if you know what you are doing, you are blessed, but if you do not know, you are cursed and a violator of the law.’” Though this is not well enough attested to be considered authentic, many commentators have debated whether this saying might go back to Jesus. Most reject it, though it does have wording that looks like Rom 2:25, 27 and Jas 2:11.
[17:8] 6 tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouci), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself.
[17:8] 7 tn Grk “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[17:8] 8 tn Grk “and gird yourself” (with an apron or towel, in preparation for service).
[17:8] 9 tn BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 2.b, “to denote contemporaneousness as long as, while… w. subjunctive… Lk 17:8.”