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The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Luke 15:1

In 9 translations

BSB
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
KJV
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
WEB
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
ASV
Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.
LSV
And all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him,
YLT
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
DBY
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
DRC
Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.
GNV
Then resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, to heare him.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτῷ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐγγίζοντες αὐτῷ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἦσαν δὲ αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Ἦσαν δὲ ἐγγίζοντες αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Ἦσαν δὲ ἐγγίζοντες αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
ησαν δε εγγιζοντες αυτω παντες οι τελωναι και οι αμαρτωλοι ακουειν αυτου

Who and where

◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
  • Matthew 9:10–13Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax…
  • Luke 5:29–32Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them. But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why…
  • Matthew 21:28–31But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went. Then the man went…
  • Ezekiel 18:27But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
  • Luke 7:29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
  • Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  • Luke 13:30And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

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