Luke 12:31

12:31 Instead, pursue 1  his 2  kingdom, 3  and these things will be given to you as well.

Luke 20:34

20:34 So 4  Jesus said to them, “The people of this age 5  marry and are given in marriage.

1 tn Grk “seek,” but in the sense of the previous verses.

2 tc Most mss (Ì45 A D1 Q W Θ 070 Ë1,13 33 Ï lat sy) read τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou, “of God”) instead of αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”; found in א B D* L Ψ 579 892 pc co). But such a clarifying reading is suspect. αὐτοῦ is superior on both internal and external grounds. Ì75 includes neither and as such would support the translation above since the article alone can often be translated as a possessive pronoun.

3 sn His (that is, God’s) kingdom 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.

4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ response is a result of their framing of the question.

5 tn Grk “sons of this age” (an idiom, see L&N 11.16). The following clause which refers to being “given in marriage” suggests both men and women are included in this phrase.