Luke 15:3 - Plain English Version

³ So Jesus told the people this picture story. He said,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ So He told them this parable:

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

Common English Bible

³ Jesus told them this parable:

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³ And he told this parable to them, saying:

Luke 15:3 Cross References

Luke 15:2

That upset the Jewish law teachers and the Pharisee mob, the men that were strong for the Jewish law, so they complained about Jesus. They said, “He is a friend of bad people. He even eats food with them.”

Luke 15:4

“Suppose there is a man that has 100 sheep, but one of them wanders away and gets lost. What do you think that man will do? He will leave all the other sheep and go out into the bush and look for the one that got lost. He will keep on looking for it until he finds it.

John 21:16

Then Jesus asked him again, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter said, “Yes, sir, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “All right, you have to take care of my people properly, just like a shepherd looks after his sheep.”

Acts 21:20

After they heard his story, James and the other leaders said to God, “Thank you God. You are great.” Then they said to Paul, “Listen, brother, there are thousands of Jewish people here that believe in Jesus, and they are very careful to do everything in the law that Moses gave us.