Luke Chapter 15 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 15:3

And he spake unto them this parable, saying,
read chapter 15 in ASV

BBE Luke 15:3

And he made a story for them, saying,
read chapter 15 in BBE

DARBY Luke 15:3

And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
read chapter 15 in DARBY

KJV Luke 15:3

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
read chapter 15 in KJV

WBT Luke 15:3


read chapter 15 in WBT

WEB Luke 15:3

He told them this parable.
read chapter 15 in WEB

YLT Luke 15:3

And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
read chapter 15 in YLT

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 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."

Ellicott's Commentary