Luke 5:5

5:5 Simon ¹  answered, ²  “Master, ³  we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word ⁴  I will lower ⁵  the nets.”

Luke 11:11

11:11 What father among you, if your ⁶  son asks for ⁷  a fish, will give him a snake ⁸  instead of a fish?

Luke 16:11

16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy ⁹  in handling worldly wealth, ¹⁰  who will entrust you with the true riches? ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Grk “And Simon.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “answering, Simon said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation to “Simon answered.”

³ tn The word ἐπιστάτης is a term of respect for a person of high status (see L&N 87.50).

⁴ tn The expression “at your word,” which shows Peter’s obedience, stands first in the Greek clause for emphasis.

⁵ tn Or “let down.”

⁶ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁷ tc Most mss (א A C D L W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy^c,p,h bo) have “bread, does not give him a stone instead, or” before “a fish”; the longer reading, however, looks like a harmonization to Matt 7:9. The shorter reading is thus preferred, attested by Ì^45,75 B 1241 pc sy^s sa.

⁸ sn The snake probably refers to a water snake.

⁹ tn Or “faithful.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “the unrighteous mammon.” See the note on the phrase “worldly wealth” in v. 9.

¹¹ sn Entrust you with the true riches is a reference to future service for God. The idea is like 1 Cor 9:11, except there the imagery is reversed.