Luke 15:3
And he spoke this parable to them, saying:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
In Context
2And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
Cross References
Matthew 10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
John 21:16He said to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Be a shepherd to my sheep.
Matthew Henry on Luke 15:2-11
The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver. 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh… Read the whole commentary →