Discovery BoxLuke 8:8 
Context8:8 But 1 other seed fell on good soil and grew, 2 and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” 3 As he said this, 4 he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” 5
Luke 11:13
Context11:13 If you then, although you are 6 evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit 7 to those who ask him!”
Luke 12:28
Context12:28 And if 8 this is how God clothes the wild grass, 9 which is here 10 today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, 11 how much more 12 will he clothe you, you people of little faith!
Luke 16:7
Context16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man 13 replied, ‘A hundred measures 14 of wheat.’ The manager 15 said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 16
Luke 19:8
Context19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give 17 to the poor, and if 18 I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”
Luke 19:15
Context19:15 When 19 he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned 20 these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted 21 to know how much they had earned 22 by trading.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the final stage of the parable.
2 tn Grk “when it grew, after it grew.”
3 sn Unlike the parallel accounts in Matt 13:8 and Mark 4:8, there is no distinction in yield in this version of the parable.
4 tn Grk “said these things.”
5 tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 14:35).
6 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντες (Juparconte") has been translated as a concessive participle.
7 sn The provision of the Holy Spirit is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. Some apply it to the general provision of the Spirit, but this would seem to look only at one request in a context that speaks of repeated asking. The teaching as a whole stresses not that God gives everything his children want, but that God gives the good that they need. The parallel account in Matthew (7:11) refers to good things where Luke mentions the Holy Spirit.
8 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.
9 tn Grk “grass in the field.”
10 tn Grk “which is in the field today.”
11 tn Grk “into the oven.” The expanded translation “into the fire to heat the oven” has been used to avoid misunderstanding; most items put into modern ovens are put there to be baked, not burned.
sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass.
12 sn The phrase how much more is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for the little things, surely he will care for the more important things.
13 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the second debtor) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
14 sn The hundred measures here was a hundreds cors. A cor was a Hebrew dry measure for grain, flour, etc., of between 10-12 bushels (about 390 liters). This was a huge amount of wheat, representing the yield of about 100 acres, a debt of between 2500-3000 denarii.
15 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 sn The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.
17 sn Zacchaeus was a penitent man who resolved on the spot to act differently in the face of Jesus’ acceptance of him. In resolving to give half his possessions to the poor, Zacchaeus was not defending himself against the crowd’s charges and claiming to be righteous. Rather as a result of this meeting with Jesus, he was a changed individual. So Jesus could speak of salvation coming that day (v. 9) and of the lost being saved (v. 10).
18 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.
19 tn Grk “And it happened that when.” 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.
20 tn Grk “he said for these slaves to be called to him.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one and simplified to “he summoned.”
21 tn Grk “in order that he might know” (a continuation of the preceding sentence). Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he” as subject and the verb “wanted” to convey the idea of purpose.
22 sn The Greek verb earned refers to profit from engaging in commerce and trade (L&N 57.195). This is an examination of stewardship.
