¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of grain such as barley or wheat, in the NT the term is restricted to wheat (L&N 3.40; BDAG 941 s.v. 1).

³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁴ tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.

⁸ tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).

⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Grk “eat bread.”

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁵ tn Grk “But answering, Jesus again said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant and has not been translated.

¹⁶ tc Most mss (A C D Θ Ë^1,13 28 565 2427 Ï lat sy) have here “for those who trust in riches” (τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐπὶ [τοῖς] χρήμασιν, tou" pepoiqota" epi [toi"] crhmasin); W has πλούσιον (plousion) later in the verse, producing the same general modification on the dominical saying (“how hard it is for the rich to enter…”). But such qualifications on the Lord’s otherwise harsh and absolute statements are natural scribal expansions, intended to soften the dictum. Further, the earliest and best witnesses, along with a few others (א B Δ Ψ sa), lack any such qualifications. That W lacks the longer expansion and only has πλούσιον suggests that its archetype agreed with א B here; its voice should be heard with theirs. Thus, both on external and internal grounds, the shorter reading is preferred.

¹⁷ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹⁸ tn See the note on the term “offering box” in v. 41.

¹⁹ sn Has put more into the offering box than all the others. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.

²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

²¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²² sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

²³ sn Since women usually carried these jars, it would have been no problem for the two disciples (Luke 22:8 states that they were Peter and John) to recognize the man Jesus was referring to.

²⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

²⁵ tn Grk “and came.”

²⁶ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.