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New Life Version

Luke 15:5

When you find it, you are happy as you carry it back on your shoulders.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Lost Sheep;   Penitent;   Pharisees;   Repentance;   Salvation;   Sheep;   Thompson Chain Reference - Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   The Topic Concordance - Losing and Things Lost;   Repentance;   Salvation;   Seeking;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Parables;   Sheep;   Shepherds;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Shepherd;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christ, Christology;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sheep;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Authority;   Gospel;   Imagery;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Mammon;   Names of God;   Parables;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Parable;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children of God;   Circumstantiality in the Parables;   Complacency;   Doctrines;   Eternal Punishment;   Gospel (2);   Happiness;   Ideas (Leading);   Man (2);   Redemption (2);   Religious Experience;   Rufus;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sorrow, Man of Sorrows;   Wilderness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sheep;   Shoulder;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Shoulder;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joy;   Shoulder;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 14;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
King James Version (1611)
And when he hath found it, hee layeth it on his shoulders, reioycing.
King James Version
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
English Standard Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
New American Standard Bible
"And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
New Century Version
And when he finds it, he happily puts it on his shoulders
Amplified Bible
"And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Berean Standard Bible
And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
Contemporary English Version
And when you find it, you will be so glad that you will put it on your shoulder
Complete Jewish Bible
When he does find it, he joyfully hoists it onto his shoulders;
Darby Translation
and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
Easy-to-Read Version
And when you find it, you will be very happy. You will carry it
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he hath found it, he laieth it on his shoulders with ioye.
George Lamsa Translation
And when he finds it he rejoices, and he takes it on his shoulders.
Good News Translation
When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders
Lexham English Bible
And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Literal Translation
And finding it , he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
American Standard Version
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Bible in Basic English
And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.
Hebrew Names Version
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
International Standard Version
When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices.
Etheridge Translation
And when he hath found it, he rejoiceth and carrieth it upon his shoulders.
Murdock Translation
And when he findeth it, he rejoiceth, and taketh it upon his shoulders;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:
English Revised Version
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
World English Bible
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And having found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing.
Weymouth's New Testament
And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hath foundun it, he ioieth, and leyith it on hise schuldris; and he cometh hoom,
Update Bible Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he hath found [it], he layeth [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.
New English Translation
Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
New King James Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
New Living Translation
And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders.
New Revised Standard
When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, finding it, he layeth it upon his shoulders, rejoicing;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing?
Revised Standard Version
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whe he hath founde him he putteth him on his shulders with ioye:
Young's Literal Translation
and having found, he doth lay [it] on his shoulders rejoicing,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it vpon his shulders with ioye:
Mace New Testament (1729)
and when he hath found it, joyfully lay it upon his shoulders?
Simplified Cowboy Version
And when he finds it, won't he pull it up into the saddle with him and carry it home?

Contextual Overview

1 All the tax-gatherers and sinners were coming to hear Jesus. 2 The proud religious law-keepers and the teachers of the Law began to speak against Him. They said, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." 3 Then Jesus told them a picture-story, saying, 4 "What if one of you had one hundred sheep and you lost one of them? Would you not leave the ninety-nine in the country and go back and look for the one which was lost until you find it? 5 When you find it, you are happy as you carry it back on your shoulders. 6 Then you would go to your house and call your friends and neighbors. You would say to them, ‘Be happy with me because I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven because of one sinner who is sorry for his sins and turns from them, than for ninety-nine people right with God who do not have sins to be sorry for. 8 "What if a woman has ten silver pieces of money and loses one of them? Does she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and look until she finds it? 9 When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together. She says to them, ‘Be happy with me. I have found the piece of money I had lost.' 10 I tell you, it is the same way among the angels of God. If one sinner is sorry for his sins and turns from them, the angels are very happy."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Luke 19:9, Luke 23:43, Isaiah 62:12, John 4:34, John 4:35, Acts 9:1-16, Romans 10:20, Romans 10:21, Ephesians 2:3-6, Titus 3:3-7

he layeth: Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:4, Isaiah 63:9, Micah 5:4, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 3:7, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Timothy 2:26, 1 Peter 1:5

rejoicing: Luke 15:23, Luke 15:24, Luke 15:32, Isaiah 53:10, Isaiah 53:11, Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 32:41, Jeremiah 32:42, Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11, Micah 7:18, Zephaniah 3:17, John 15:11, Hebrews 12:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 104:31 - rejoice Isaiah 65:19 - I will Zechariah 4:10 - for they Matthew 18:13 - he rejoiceth Matthew 26:29 - until Luke 10:21 - Jesus Acts 15:3 - they caused Romans 12:15 - Rejoice Ephesians 2:17 - and preached

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your family after you like the dust of the earth. So if anyone could number the dust of the earth, then he could number your children's children.
Genesis 15:7
God said to him, "I am the Lord Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land for your own."
Genesis 15:8
And Abram said, "O Lord God, how may I know that it will be mine?"
Genesis 16:10
The angel of the Lord said to her, "I will give you so many people in your family through the years that they will be too many to number."
Genesis 22:17
I will bring good to you. I will add many to the number of your children and all who come after them, like the stars of the heavens and the sand beside the sea. They will take over the cities of those who hate them.
Genesis 26:4
I will make your children and all your children's children as many as the stars of heaven. I will give these lands to them.
Genesis 28:14
They will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread out to the west and the east and the north and the south. Good will come to all the families of the earth because of you and your children.
Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, who were your servants. You promised them by Yourself, saying, ‘I will make your children become as many as the stars of the heavens. And I will give all this land I have spoken about to your children. It will be theirs forever.'"
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has made you become many people. Now you are as many as the stars of heaven.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he hath found it,.... In a sad plight and condition: so Christ finds his sheep in a most desolate one, in a pit, in the mire and clay of nature; in the paw of the roaring lion, Satan; helpless, hopeless, wretched, miserable, and naked; and not only starving, famishing, and dying, but even dead in trespasses and sins: and finding them with respect to redemption, designs his procuring eternal salvation for them; and with regard to calling, his laying hold upon them by his Spirit and grace, and bringing them to a sense of themselves, and to the knowledge of himself. There are several things which Christ does to his sheep when he has found them, which are not here expressed, but understood: finding them dead in sin he speaks life into them; he calls them by name, and asserts his property in them; he takes them out of the pit of nature; he rescues them out of the hands of Satan; he washes them from their filthiness, and heals all their diseases; he feeds and refreshes them; he covers them with his robe of righteousness; he beautifies and adorns them, and brings them home in the manner after described:

he layeth it on his shoulders; he does not put them on their own legs to go alone; nor does he lead them, and much less drive them before him; but he takes them up in his arms, and lays them on his shoulders: which shows the passiveness of men in conversion, and their weakness and impotency to any thing that is spiritually good of themselves; they cannot think a good thought, nor do a good action, and still less begin and carry on the work of grace in their hearts; as also the strength of Christ in bearing and carrying them, as he does, through all afflictions, temptations, and difficulties, safe to glory; and likewise his great love and affection for them; he loved them before the world began, and he showed it in dying for them, and manifests it to them, when he calls them by grace; and this also expresses the safety of his sheep; for being on him, they are in no danger from the law and justice of God; nor from Satan, or any other enemy; nor of a final and total falling away: and moreover this signifies the spiritual ease and rest which such have in Christ: the manner in which Christ the shepherd carries them, having found them, and laid them on his shoulders, is

rejoicing: not upbraiding them with going astray; nor complaining of, or groaning under the burden; but rejoicing in a kind of triumph, and carrying them as a trophy of victory, and a spoil obtained.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 18:12-13.


 
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