Luke 13:28

13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth 1  when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 2  and all the prophets in the kingdom of God 3  but you yourselves thrown out. 4 

Luke 16:9

16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, 5  so that when it runs out you will be welcomed 6  into the eternal homes. 7 

Luke 17:14

17:14 When 8  he saw them he said, “Go 9  and show yourselves to the priests.” 10  And 11  as they went along, they were cleansed.

Luke 23:28

23:28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, 12  do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves 13  and for your children.

1 sn Weeping and gnashing of teeth is a figure for remorse and trauma, which occurs here because of exclusion from God’s promise.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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.

5 tn Grk “unrighteous mammon.” Mammon is the Aramaic term for wealth or possessions. The point is not that money is inherently evil, but that it is often misused so that it is a means of evil; see 1 Tim 6:6-10, 17-19. The call is to be generous and kind in its use. Zacchaeus becomes the example of this in Luke’s Gospel (19:1-10).

6 sn The passive refers to the welcome of heaven.

7 tn Grk “eternal tents” (as dwelling places).

8 tn Καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

9 tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") is a good example of an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance. As such, it picks up the force of an imperative from the verb to which it is related (ExSyn 640-45).

10 sn These are the instructions of what to do with a healing (Lev 13:19; 14:1-11; Luke 5:14).

11 tn Grk “And it happened that as.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

12 sn The title Daughters of Jerusalem portrays these women mourning as representatives of the nation.

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13 sn Do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves. Judgment now comes on the nation (see Luke 19:41-44) for this judgment of Jesus. Ironically, they mourn the wrong person – they should be mourning for themselves.