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Luke 15:3

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

KJV

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην λέγων·

Greek NT

Et ait ad illos parabolam istam dicens :

Vulgate

And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

ASV

And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
o
article · 19778×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Matt 9:13 — But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Matt 10:6 — But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;