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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!’
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Luke 15:2

Both ... and (te ... kai). United in the complaint.

Murmured (diegogguzon). Imperfect active of diagogguzw, late Greek compound in the LXX and Byzantine writers. In the N.T. only here and Luke 19:7. The force of dia here is probably between or among themselves. It spread (imperfect tense) whenever these two classes came in contact with Jesus. As the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to Jesus just in that proportion the Pharisees and the scribes increased their murmurings. The social breach is here an open yawning chasm.

This man (outov). A contemptuous sneer in the use of the pronoun. They spoke out openly and probably pointed at Jesus.

Receiveth (prosdexetai). Present middle indicative of the common verb prosdexomai. In Luke 12:36 we had it for expecting, here it is to give access to oneself, to welcome like upedecato of Martha's welcome to Jesus (Luke 10:38). The charge here is that this is the habit of Jesus. He shows no sense of social superiority to these outcasts (like the Hindu "untouchables" in India).

And eateth with them (kai sunesqiei autoiv). Associative instrumental case (autoiv) after sun- in composition. This is an old charge (Luke 5:30) and a much more serious breach from the standpoint of the Pharisees. The implication is that Jesus prefers these outcasts to the respectable classes (the Pharisees and the scribes) because he is like them in character and tastes, even with the harlots. There was a sting in the charge that he was the "friend" (filov) of publicans and sinners (Luke 7:34).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 15:2:

Matthew 11:19
Luke 2:25
Luke 15:1
Luke 15:32

 

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