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# General Information:
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This is a break in Jesus' teachings. A man asks Jesus to do something and Jesus responds to him.
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# divide the inheritance with me
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In that culture, inheritances came from the father, usually after the father had died. You may need to make explicit that the speaker's father had probably died. AT: "share my father's property with me now that our father is dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Man
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Possible meanings are 1) this is simply a way to address a stranger or 2) Jesus is rebuking the man. Your language might have a way of addressing people in either of these ways. Some people do not translate this word at all.
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# who made me a judge or a mediator over you?
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Jesus uses a question to rebuke the man. Some languages would use the plural form for "you" or "your." AT: "I am not your judge or mediator." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# He said to them
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The word "them" here probably refers to the whole crowd of people. AT: "And Jesus said to the crowd"
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# keep yourselves from all greedy desires
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"guard yourself from every form of greed." AT: "do not allow yourself to love having things" or "do not let the urge to have more things control you"
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# a person's life
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This is a general statement of fact. It does not refer to any specific person. Some languages have a way of expressing that.
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# the abundance of his possessions
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"how many things he owns" or "how much wealth he has"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teacher]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/inherit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judgeposition]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mediator]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/possess]] |