Luke 9:13

9:13 But he said to them, “You ¹  give them something to eat.” They ²  replied, ³  “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless ⁴  we go ⁵  and buy food ⁶  for all these people.”

Luke 12:42

12:42 The Lord replied, ⁷  “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, ⁸  whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, ⁹  to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

Luke 15:17

15:17 But when he came to his senses ¹⁰  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ¹¹  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

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¹ tn Here the pronoun ὑμεῖς (Jumeis) is used, making “you” in the translation emphatic.

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “said.”

⁴ tn This possibility is introduced through a conditional clause, but it is expressed with some skepticism (BDF §376).

⁵ tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") has been taken as indicating attendant circumstance.

⁶ sn Not only would going and buying food have been expensive and awkward at this late time of day, it would have taken quite a logistical effort to get the food back out to this isolated location.

⁷ tn Grk “And the Lord said.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn Or “administrator,” “steward” (L&N 37.39).

⁹ tn This term, θεραπεία (qerapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46.6).

¹⁰ tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).

¹¹ tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).