Luke 15:3

New American Bible - revised edition

So to them he addressed this parable.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:6

We had all gone astray like sheep, all following our own way; But the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.

Isaiah 65:19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying;

Matthew 10:6

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 13:3

And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

Luke 15:2

but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 15:4

“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?

John 21:16

He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

Acts 21:20

They praised God when they heard it but said to him, “Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are from among the Jews, and they are all zealous observers of the law.