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The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Then aall the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.  
2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man1 receives sinners aand eats with them.”  
3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying:
4 a“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?  
5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, a‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep bwhich was lost!’  
7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents athan over ninety-nine just persons who bneed no repentance.  

The Parable of the Lost Coin

8 “Or what woman, having ten silver1 coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?  
9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’
Verse Comparison: Luke 15:1

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American Standard Version
Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

Amplified® Bible
NOW THE tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him.

Contemporary English Version
Tax collectors and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus.

Darby English Version
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

Good News Bible
One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,

International Standard Version
Now all the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus.

King James Version
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

New American Standard Bible
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.

New International Version
Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him.

New King James Version
Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners came near Him to listen to Him.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,


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