Luke 15:3
New International Version
Then Jesus told them this parable:

New Living Translation
So Jesus told them this story:

English Standard Version
So he told them this parable:

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus told them this parable:

Berean Literal Bible
And He spoke to them this parable, saying,

King James Bible
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

New King James Version
So He spoke this parable to them, saying:

New American Standard Bible
And so He told them this parable, saying,

NASB 1995
So He told them this parable, saying,

NASB 1977
And He told them this parable, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
So He told them this parable, saying,

Amplified Bible
So He told them this parable:

Christian Standard Bible
So he told them this parable:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He told them this parable:

American Standard Version
And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yeshua told them this parable:

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus told them this story:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

English Revised Version
And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration:

Good News Translation
So Jesus told them this parable:

International Standard Version
So he told them this parable:

Literal Standard Version
And He spoke to them this allegory, saying,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Jesus told them this parable:

New American Bible
So to them he addressed this parable.

NET Bible
So Jesus told them this parable:

New Revised Standard Version
So he told them this parable:

New Heart English Bible
He told them this parable.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

Weymouth New Testament
So in figurative language He asked them,

World English Bible
He told them this parable:

Young's Literal Translation
And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

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Context
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
2So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?…

Cross References
Luke 15:2
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

Luke 15:4
"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?


Treasury of Scripture

And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

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1. The parable of the lost sheep;
8. of the piece of silver;
11. of the prodigal son.














Verses 3-5. - And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness? Now, there are two leading ideas in the three stories - one on the side of the Speaker; one on the side of those to whom the parable-stories were spoken.

(1) On the side of the speaker. God's anxiety for sinners is shown; he pities with a great pity their wretchedness; he sets, besides, a high value on their souls, as part of a treasure belonging to him.

(2) On the side of the listeners. Their sympathy with him in his anxiety for stoners is claimed. He has sought it hitherto m vain. The imagery of the first story is very homely - easy, too, to understand. A small sheep-master pastures his little flock of a hundred sheep in one of those wide uncultivated plains which fringe portions of the land of promise. This is what we must understand by "the wilderness." The hundred sheep represent the people of Israel. The lost sheep, one who had broken with Jewish respectability. One only is mentioned as lost, not by any means as representing the small number of the outcast class - the contrary is the case - but as indicative of the value in the eyes of the All-Father of one immortal soul. And go after that which is lost, until he find it. And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. This diligent search after the lost one, the tender care shown by the shepherd when the object of his search was found, and the subsequent joy, pictured in a humble everyday figure the mode of acting of which the orthodox Jews complained. They said, "He receiveth stoners, and eateth with them."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Jesus] told
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

this
ταύτην (tautēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

parable:
παραβολὴν (parabolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.


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