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Luke 15:4-5 KJV
Luke · chapter 15 · verses 4–5
4What man of you, having an 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? 5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.Luke 15:4-5 · King James Version
Luke 15:4-5 in context
2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4What man of you, having an 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?
5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ezekiel 34:16
- Ezekiel 34:11-12
- Matthew 18:12-14
- Luke 19:10
- 1 Peter 2:25
- Psalms 119:176
- Isaiah 53:6
- Ezekiel 34:31
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernesserēmossolitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited, used of places, a desert, wilderness, deserted…G2048 →
- shouldersōmosa shoulderG5606 →
- hundredhekatona hundredG1540 →
- havingechōto haveG2192 →
- layethepitithēmiin the active voice, to put or lay upon, to add to, in the middle voice, to have put on…G2007 →
- sheepprobatonany four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle , most commonly a sheep or…G4263 →
- leavekataleipōto leave behind, to depart from, leave, to be left, to bid to remain, to forsake, leave…G2641 →
- afterepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
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Here is, I. The diligent attendance of the publicans and sinners upon Christ's ministry. Great multitudes of Jews went with him (Luk 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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10