September 06th, 2025

The season of Pentecost continues, and this Sunday is the “Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost”. As in previous weeks, the Gospel Reading for this week continues after a little jump from the text that was last Sunday’s reading. The text for this Sunday is Luke 14:25-35. The jump that was made starts the text by mentioning that MANY crowds were traveling WITH Jesus, and that did not happen too often. Did they know that Jesus was headed to Jerusalem to die on a cross? We will see.

It has also been mentioned before that the current writings of this website are also going through the Gospel according to Luke, from beginning to end, not skipping any parts. And we are currently looking at what is called chapter twenty. And Jesus is in Jerusalem during this time, and the tension is at an all-time high. It was just related that the writers and the arch-priests were trying to lay their hands on Jesus.

It will probably be helpful to relate that the text below has been translated in an EXTREMELY literal fashion. And with that style of translation, there are still many different ways in which the translation could go. Having another bible translation or study bible nearby may be helpful in a study of the text below. The English words are given in the order in which they appear in the appear in the text. The hyphens are designed to help the reader see how many English words have been given to explain one Greek word. It should also be said that some of the English words chosen have been deliberately chosen to show how close they are to the Greek language. (The point should also be made that this English-Greek connection does not take into account that the meanings of words often change over the centuries.) It should also be said that the writer of this biblical text was a doctor, and since doctors tend to have a great vocabulary, some of these Greek words are extremely rare, and the attempt is to reflect that also in the translation. So what follows is an extremely literal translation of Luke 20:20-47:

And  keeping-alongside  they-sent-out  those-in-ambush,  hypocritical  themselves  righteous  to-be,  that  they-might-lay-hold-upon  him  a-word,  so-as  to-give-over  him  to-the  arch  and  to-the  authority  of-the  ruler.  And  they-questioned  him  saying,  “Teacher,  we-know  that  rightly  you-are-saying,  and  you-teach,  and  not  you-receive  a-face,  but-on-the-contrary  upon  truth,  the  way  of-the  God  you-teach;  is-it-lawful  for-us  to-Caesar,  tribute  to-give  or  not?”

Now  fully-knowing  their  the  skill-to-do-all,  he-said  toward  them,  “Show  to-me  a-denarius.  Of-whom  it-has  an-icon  and  epigraph?”

Now  the-ones  said,  “Of-Caesar.”

Now  the-one  said  toward  them,  “So-now  give-over  the-things  of-Caesar  to-Caesar  and  the-things  of-the  God  to-the  God.”  And  not  they-had-strength  to-lay-upon  of-him  a-word  in-the-presence-of  the  people,  and  marveling  upon  the  answer  of-him,  they-were-silent.

Now  having-come-toward,  some  of-the  Sadducees,  the-ones  anti-saying  a-resurrection  not  to-be,  they-questioned  him  saying,  “Teacher,  Moses  wrote  to-us,  ‘If  of-anyone  a-brother  dies,  having  a-wife,  and  this-one  childless  is,  that  he-should-take,  the  brother  of-him,  the  wife,  and  he-should-raise-up  seed  for-the  brother  of-him.’  Therefore,  seven  brothers  there-were,  and  the  first,  having-taken  a-wife,  he-died  childless;  and  the  second  and  the  third  took  her,  now  similarly  also  the  seven,  not  they-left-behind  children,  and  they-died.  Lastly  also  the  woman  died.  Therefore  the  woman  in  the  resurrection,  of-which  of-them  she-becomes  wife?  For  the  seven  had  her,  wife.”

And  he-said  to-them,  the  Jesus,  “The  sons  of-the  eon,  this,  they-marry  and  they-are-given-in-marriage,  now  the-ones  counted-worthy  of-the  eon,  that,  to-obtain  and  of-the  resurrection  of-the,  out-of  dead,  neither  they-marry  nor  they-are-given-in-marriage;  for  not-even  to-die  more  they-are-able,  for  equal-to-angels  they-are,  and  sons,  they-are  of-God,  of-the  resurrection,  sons  being.  Now  that  they-are-raised,  the  dead,  even  Moses  pointed-out  upon  the  bush,  as  he-calls  Lord  the  God  of-Abraham  and  God  of-Isaac  and  God  of-Jacob;  now  God,  not  he-is  of-dead-persons,  but-on-the-contrary  of-living;  for  all  to-him  live.”

Now  having-answered,  some  of-the  writers  said,  “Teacher,  well  you-said.”  For  no-more  they-were-daring  to-question  him  nothing.

Now  he-said  toward  them,  “How  they-say  the  Christ  to-be  of-David  son?  For  himself,  David,  he-says  in  bible  of-psalms,  ‘He-said,  Lord  to-the  lord  of-me:  “Sit  at  right  of-me,  until  when  I-place  the  enemies  of-you,  a-footstool  of-the  feet  of-you.”’  Therefore  David,  Lord,  him  he-calls,  and  how  of-him  a-son  he-is?”

Now  hearing  all  the  people,  he-said  to-the  disciples  of-him,  “Pay-attention-to  from  the  writers,  the-ones  wanting  to-walk-about  in-stoles  and  brotherly-loving  greetings  in  the  agoras  and  proto-seats  in  the  synagogues  and  proto-recliners  in  the  suppers,  the-ones  they-eat-up  the  houses  of-the  widows  and  outward-showing  macro  they-pray;  these  will-receive  more-severe  judgment.”