Luke 9:57

Challenging Professed Followers

9:57 As ¹  they were walking ²  along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ³ 

Luke 12:13

The Parable of the Rich Landowner

12:13 Then ⁴  someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell ⁵  my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Luke 16:12

16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy ⁶  with someone else’s property, ⁷  who will give you your own ⁸ ?

Luke 16:30

16:30 Then ⁹  the rich man ¹⁰  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ¹¹  goes to them, they will repent.’

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

² tn Grk “going,” but “walking” is an accurate description of how they traveled about.

³ tc Most mss (A C W Θ Ψ Ë¹³ 33 Ï) add κύριε (kurie, “Lord”) here, but scribes were prone to add to the text, especially appellations for the Lord. The shorter reading also enjoys significant ms support (Ì^45,75 א B D L Ξ Ë¹ lat co).

sn The statement “I will follow you wherever you go” is an offer to follow Jesus as a disciple, no matter what the cost.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ sn Tell my brother. In 1st century Jewish culture, a figure like a rabbi was often asked to mediate disputes, except that here mediation was not requested, but representation.

⁶ tn Or “faithful.”

⁷ tn Grk “have not been faithful with what is another’s.”

⁸ tn Grk “what is your own.”

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the rich man, v. 19) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ sn If someone from the dead goes to them. The irony and joy of the story is that what is denied the rich man’s brothers, a word of warning from beyond the grave, is given to the reader of the Gospel in this exchange.