Luke 9:62

9:62 Jesus ¹  said to him, “No one who puts his ²  hand to the plow and looks back ³  is fit for the kingdom of God.” ⁴ 

Luke 10:11

10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town ⁵  that clings to our feet we wipe off ⁶  against you. ⁷  Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ ⁸ 

Luke 13:28

13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth ⁹  when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, ¹⁰  and all the prophets in the kingdom of God ¹¹  but you yourselves thrown out. ¹² 

Luke 18:16

18:16 But Jesus called for the children, ¹³  saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God ¹⁴  belongs to such as these. ¹⁵ 

Luke 19:11

The Parable of the Ten Minas

19:11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus ¹⁶  proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, ¹⁷  and because they thought ¹⁸  that the kingdom of God ¹⁹  was going to ²⁰  appear immediately.

[9:62]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:62]  ² tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[9:62]  ³ sn Jesus warns that excessive concern for family ties (looks back) will make the kingdom a lesser priority, which is not appropriate for discipleship. The image is graphic, for who can plow straight ahead toward a goal while looking back? Discipleship cannot be double-minded.

[9:62]  ⁴ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[10:11]  ⁵ tn Or “city.”

[10:11]  ⁶ sn See Luke 9:5, where the verb is different but the meaning is the same. This was a sign of rejection.

[10:11]  ⁷ tn Here ὑμῖν (Jumin) has been translated as a dative of disadvantage.

[10:11]  ⁸ tn Or “has come near.” As in v. 9 (see above), the combination of ἐγγίζω (engizw) with the preposition ἐπί (epi) is decisive in showing that the sense is “has come” (see BDAG 270 s.v. ἐγγίζω 2, and W. R. Hutton, “The Kingdom of God Has Come,” ExpTim 64 [Dec 1952]: 89-91).

[13:28]  ⁹ sn Weeping and gnashing of teeth is a figure for remorse and trauma, which occurs here because of exclusion from God’s promise.

[13:28]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and Isaac and Jacob,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[13:28]  ¹¹ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[13:28]  ¹² tn Or “being thrown out.” The present accusative participle, ἐκβαλλομένους (ekballomenous), related to the object ὑμᾶς (Jumas), seems to suggest that these evildoers will witness their own expulsion from the kingdom.

[18:16]  ¹³ tn Grk “summoned them”; the referent (the children) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:16]  ¹⁴ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[18:16]  ¹⁵ sn The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.

[19:11]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:11]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:11]  ¹⁹ tn The present active infinitive δοκεῖν (dokein) has been translated as causal.

[19:11]  ²⁰ sn Luke means here the appearance of the full kingdom of God in power with the Son of Man as judge as Luke 17:22-37 describes.

[19:11]  ²¹ tn Or perhaps, “the kingdom of God must appear immediately (see L&N 71.36).