Luke 15:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 15

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

³And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 15:3 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Luke 15:2 Luke 15:4 →

Original word meaning

— of 7

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

No cross-references found for this verse.

Topics

Contrition Conviction God Jesus, the Christ Penitence Penitent Religion Remorse

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

Here is, I. The diligent attendance of the publicans and sinners upon Christ’s ministry. Great multitudes of Jews went with him (Luke 14:25), with such an assurance of admission into the kingdom of God that he found it requisite to say that to them which would shake their vain hopes. Here multitudes of publicans and sinners drew near to him, with a humble modest fear of being rejected by him, and…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3-7. Occurring again (Mt 18:12-14); but there to show how precious one of His sheep is to the Good Shepherd; here, to show that the shepherd, though the sheep stray never so widely, will seek it out, and when he hath found, will rejoice over it.