Luke 15:3

King James Version (1611 Edition)

And he spake this parable vnto them, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he told them this parable:

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

¹ Then drew neere vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, for to heare him. ² And the Pharises and Scribes murmured, murmured, saying, This man receiueth sinners, and eateth with them. ³ And he spake this parable vnto them, saying, ⁴ What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it? ⁵ And when he hath found it, hee layeth it on his shoulders, reioycing. ⁶ And when he commeth home, he calleth together his friends, and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with me, for I haue found my sheepe which was lost. ⁷ I say vnto you, that likewise ioy shall be in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninety and nine iust persons, which need no repentance. ⁸ Either what woman hauing ten pieces of siluer, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweepe the house, and seeke diligently till shee find it? ⁹ And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Reioyce with me, for I haue found ye piece which I had lost. ¹⁰ Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.

Bible Verse Review
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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
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing.

Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seede as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbred.

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captiue, he armed his trained seruants borne in his owne house, three hundred and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Dan.

Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke: but when the desire commeth, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from a child, shall haue him become his sonne at the length.

Proverbs 30:23
For an odious woman when shee is married, and an handmayd that is heire to her mistresse.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got me seruants and maydens, and had seruants borne in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattell, aboue all that were in Ierusalem before me.

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I pleade with thee: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: Wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happie that deale very treacherously?

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.