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Soδὲhe toldεἶπενthemπρὸς αὐτοὺςthisταύτηνparable,τὴν παραβολὴνsaying,λέγων
Luke 15:3
Study it in the app“So he told them this parable, saying,”
Accused of welcoming sinners, he answers with the parable of the lost sheepWho Jesus IsThe shepherd seeks the lost sheep, and there is joy when it is foundTurning back to GodJesus tells of a shepherd who finds his lost sheep and calls the neighbors to celebrateJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:3, word by word
- he toldεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- parableπαραβολὴνparabolēn
parable
A story from daily life that teaches about God.
Where else “parabolēn” appears
The context
2And both the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 · This verse (above)
4“What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)