Luke 15:3

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he told them this parable:

King James Version (1611)
And he spake this parable vnto them, saying,

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

English Standard Version
So he told them this parable:

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

New Century Version
Then Jesus told them this story:

Amplified Bible
So He told them this parable:

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

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus told them this parable:

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus told them this story:

Complete Jewish Bible
So he told them this parable:

Darby Translation
And he spoke to them this parable, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus told them this story:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
So Jesus told them this parable,

Good News Translation
So Jesus told them this parable:

Lexham English Bible
So he told them this parable, saying,

Literal Translation
And He spoke to them this parable, saying,

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

Bible in Basic English
And he made a story for them, saying,

Hebrew Names Version
He told them this parable.

International Standard Version
So he told them this parable:

Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu spake to them this parable:

Murdock Translation
And Jesus spoke to them this similitude:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

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

World English Bible
He told them this parable.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he spake a parable to them, saying,

Weymouth's New Testament
So in figurative language He asked them,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he spak to hem this parable,

Update Bible Version
And he spoke to them this parable, saying,

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

New English Translation
So Jesus told them this parable:

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

New Living Translation
So Jesus told them this story:

New Life Bible
Then Jesus told them a picture-story, saying,

New Revised Standard
So he told them this parable:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he spake unto them this parable, saying -

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

Revised Standard Version
So he told them this parable:

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then put he forthe this similitude to the sayinge:

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he tolde the this symilitude, and sayde:

Mace New Testament (1729)
but he propos'd to them this parable.

Simplified Cowboy Version
So Jesus said,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So He told them this parable, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats meals with them, treating them like old friends." Their grumbling triggered this story. ⁴"Suppose one of you had a hundred sheep and lost one. Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until you found it? When found, you can be sure you would put it across your shoulders, rejoicing, and when you got home call in your friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!' Count on it—there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. ⁸"Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!' Count on it—that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Isaiah 53:6 - All we Isaiah 65:19 - I will Matthew 9:13 - to call Matthew 10:6 - lost Matthew 13:3 - in John 21:16 - my sheep Acts 21:20 - they glorified

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."

Proverbs 13:12
Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around.

Proverbs 29:21
If you let people treat you like a doormat, you'll be quite forgotten in the end.

Jeremiah 12:1
You are right, O God , and you set things right. I can't argue with that. But I do have some questions: Why do bad people have it so good? Why do con artists make it big? You planted them and they put down roots. They flourished and produced fruit. They talk as if they're old friends with you, but they couldn't care less about you. Meanwhile, you know me inside and out. You don't let me get by with a thing! Make them pay for the way they live, pay with their lives, like sheep marked for slaughter. How long do we have to put up with this— the country depressed, the farms in ruin— And all because of wickedness, these wicked lives? Even animals and birds are dying off Because they'll have nothing to do with God and think God has nothing to do with them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he spake this parable unto them,.... To the Pharisees, for their conviction and confutation; and to the publicans and sinners for their encouragement; and in vindication of himself; and not only this, but the other two, concerning the lost piece of money, and the prodigal son, which were said at this time, and on the same occasion;

saying, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This parable - See the notes at Matthew 13:3.