September 28th, 2025

The season of Pentecost continues on, and this Sunday is known as the “Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost”. The Gospel Reading for this Sunday, as in many weeks past, skips a few verses after the previous week’s reading. But this time they are literally only a few verses. Last week’s reading was Luke 16:1-15. This week’s reading is Luke 16:19-31.
The writings of this website are not skipping ANY verses within the text. These writings are currently going through the Gospel according to Luke. What is below could be called an EXTREMELY literal translation of a part of the Gospel according to Luke, in a way which is hopefully not too distracting. The distractions of chapter and verse divisions have been left out of the translation, and hopefully that is helpful.

The order of the words in the translation below is the order in which they appear within the language of the New Testament. Usually the verb is at the front of the sentence, and when another part of the sentence is before that, a clear emphasis is to be understood. (Below Peter has the phrase “with you” very early in his words to Jesus, to emphasize his dedication; but it will soon become clear how that turned out.)

The hyphens are below to show how many English words are in a single Greek word. And the English words that are often chosen are designed to show how often the Greek words are somewhat similar to the English. And some of the words in English were chosen to show how rare some of the words in Greek were.

With such a translation, it is highly recommended that the text is studied with the help of another translation or a study bible. And it should be said that there are a large number of ways in which the text could be translated in this way. So here is a unique translation of what could be called the second part of chapter twenty-two of the Gospel according to Luke (22:24-38) This is very much near the end of the account, and Jesus is with his disciples in what is known as the upper room (although the argument as to which disciple is the greatest has been made in other places; and hopefully that is not too surprising):

Now  it-happened  also,  a-love-of-strife  in  them,  the  which  of-them  he-seems  to-be  greater.  Now  the  one  said  to-them,  “The  kings  of-the  ethnics  lord-it-over  them,  and  the-ones  having-authority-over  them,  good-workers  they-are-called.  Now  you,  not  thus,  but-on-the-contrary,  the  greater-one  in  you,  let-him-become  as  the  newer-one,  and  the  one  governing,  as  the  deacon.  For  who  is-greater,  the-one  reclining  or  the-one  being-deacon?  Yes-not  the-one  reclining?  Now  I,  in  the-midst  of-you,  I-am  as  the-one  being-a-deacon.  Now  you,  you-are  the-ones  having-remained-throughout  with  me,  in  the  testings  of-me;  and-I  bequeath  to-you  as  he-bequeathed  to-me,  the  Father  of-me,  a-kingdom;  that  you-may-eat  and  you-may-drink  upon  the  table  of-me  in  the  kingdom  of-me,  and  you-will-sit  upon  thrones,  the  twelve  tribes,  judging  the  Israel.  Simon,  Simon,  behold,  the  Satan  asked-out-for  you,  the  to-sift  as  the  grain;  now  I,  I-requested  concerning  you,  that  not  you-might-leave-out,  the  faith  of-you;  and  you,  when  having-turned,  support  the  brothers  of-you.”

Now  the-one  said  to-him,  “Lord,  with  you,  prepared  I-am,  both  into  prison  and  into  death  to-travel.”

Now  the-one  said,  “I-am-saying  to-you,  Peter,  not  it-will-sound  today,  a-rooster,  until  thrice,  me  you-will-deny,  to-know.”

And  he-said  to-them,  “When  I-sent-out  you  without  a-moneybag  and  a-pouch   and  sandals,  not  of-anything  you-had-a-lacking?”

Now  the-ones  said,  “Nothing.”

Now  he-said  to-them,  “But-on-the-contrary,  at-this-time,  the-one  having  a-moneybag,  let-him-take-up,  likewise  also  a-pouch,  and  the-one  not  having,  let-him-sell  the  garment  of-him,  and  let-him-buy-in-the-agora  a-sword.  For  I-am-saying  to-you  that  this,  the-thing  having-been-written,  it-is-necessary  to-be-finished  in  me,  the-thing.  ‘And  with  lawless-men  he-was-counted’,  for  also  the-thing  concerning  me,  an-end  it-has.”

Now  the-ones  said,  “Lord,  behold,  swords  here,  two.”​

Now  the-one  said,  “Enough  it-is.”