Luke 15:3

And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them this mashal, saying,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

In Context

2And both the Perushim and the Sofrim were grumbling, saying, This one gives a kabbalat panim reception to chote'im (sinners) and eats at tish with them.

4What man of you, if he has meah kevasim (a hundred sheep) and has lost from them one, does not leave the tishim vteshah (ninety-nine) in the open pasture, and go for the one which has been lost until he finds it?

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:19And I will rejoice in Yerushalayim, 1 and joy in Ami; 1 and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, 1 nor the voice of crying out. 1

Matthew 10:6but go rather to the Seh Oveid Beis Yisroel (the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel).

John 21:16He again a second time says to him, Shim'on Bar-Yochanan, do you have ahavah for me? Shim'on Kefa says to him, Ken, Adoni, You have da'as that I have ahavah for You. He says to him, Take care + 21:16 as a ro'eh (shepherd) would of My sheep. + 21:16 2Sm 5:2; Ezek 34:2; Ps 78:71-72

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 →

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