Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
So in speaking to them he used this figure:
New American Standard Bible
So He told them this parable, saying,
King James Version
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Holman Bible
So He told them this parable:
International Standard Version
So he told them this parable:
A Conservative Version
And he spoke this parable to them, saying,
American Standard Version
And he spake unto them this parable, saying,
Amplified
So He told them this parable:
An Understandable Version
So, Jesus told them this parable, saying,
Anderson New Testament
And he spoke this parable to them, saying:
Bible in Basic English
And he made a story for them, saying,
Common New Testament
So he told them this parable:
Daniel Mace New Testament
but he propos'd to them this parable.
Darby Translation
And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
Godbey New Testament
And He spoke this parable to them, saying,
John Wesley New Testament
And he spake a parable to them, saying,
Julia Smith Translation
And he spake this parable to them, saying,
King James 2000
And he spoke this parable unto them, saying,
Lexham Expanded Bible
So he told them this parable, saying,
Modern King James verseion
And He spoke this parable to them, saying,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then put he forth this similitude to them, saying,
Moffatt New Testament
So he told them this parable,
Montgomery New Testament
And he told them a parable.
NET Bible
So Jesus told them this parable:
New Heart English Bible
He told them this parable.
Noyes New Testament
And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
Sawyer New Testament
And he spoke to them this parable; saying,
The Emphasized Bible
And he spake unto them this parable, saying -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then spake he unto them this parable, saying,
Twentieth Century New Testament
So Jesus told them this parable--
Webster
And he spoke this parable to them, saying,
Weymouth New Testament
So in figurative language He asked them,
Williams New Testament
So He told them the following story:
World English Bible
He told them this parable.
Worrell New Testament
And He spake to them this parable, saying,
Worsley New Testament
But He spake to them this parable,
Youngs Literal Translation
And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
Themes
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The lost sheep
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Parables » Parables of Christ » Lost sheep
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Repentance » The sinner that repents
Salvation » Jesus Christ coming to save
Shepherds » Illustrative » (searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Lost Sheep
2 And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!" 3 So in speaking to them he used this figure: 4 "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go in search of the one that is lost, until he finds it?