Luke 15:3

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And he spake unto them this parable, saying -

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:

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

¹ But all the tax-collectors and the sinners were, unto him, drawing near, to be hearkening unto him; ² and both the Pharisees and the Scribes were murmuring, saying, This man, unto sinners, giveth welcome, and eateth with them. ³ And he spake unto them this parable, saying - ⁴ What man from among you, having a hundred sheep, and losing, from among them, one, doth not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go his way after the lost one, until he find it? ⁵ And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing; ⁶ and, coming unto his house, calleth together the friends and the neighbours, saying unto them - Rejoice with me! because I have found my sheep that was lost! ⁷ I say unto you - Thus, joy in heaven, will there be, over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who indeed have, no need, of repentance. ⁸ Or, what woman, having, ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully, until she find it? ⁹ And, having found it, she calleth together her female friends and neighbours, saying - Rejoice with me! because I have found the piece of silver which I had lost. ¹⁰ Thus, I say unto you, there ariseth joy in presence of the messengers of God, over one sinner repenting.

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
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

Genesis 13:16
and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, - so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

Genesis 14:14
So Abram, hearing that his brother had been taken captive, drew forth his trained men born in his house three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart, - but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.

Proverbs 29:21
He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.

Proverbs 30:23
Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, - Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, - Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? Wherefore have all, utter traitors, been at ease?

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.