Discovery BoxLuke 12:4 
Context12:4 “I 1 tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, 2 and after that have nothing more they can do.
Luke 15:6
Context15:6 Returning 3 home, he calls together 4 his 5 friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
Luke 15:9
Context15:9 Then 6 when she has found it, she calls together her 7 friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice 8 with me, for I have found the coin 9 that I had lost.’
Luke 16:9
Context16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, 10 so that when it runs out you will be welcomed 11 into the eternal homes. 12
Luke 21:16
Context21:16 You will be betrayed even by parents, 13 brothers, relatives, 14 and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.
3 tn Grk “And coming into his…” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
4 sn A touch of drama may be present, as the term calls together can mean a formal celebration (1 Kgs 1:9-10).
5 tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215). It occurs before “neighbors” as well (“his friends and his neighbors”) but has not been translated the second time because of English style.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
7 tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
8 sn Rejoice. Besides the theme of pursuing the lost, the other theme of the parable is the joy of finding them.
9 tn Grk “drachma.”
10 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).
11 sn The passive refers to the welcome of heaven.
12 tn Grk “eternal tents” (as dwelling places).
13 sn To confess Christ might well mean rejection by one’s own family, even by parents.
14 tn Grk “and brothers and relatives,” but καί (kai) has not been translated twice here since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
