Luke 19:10

19:10 For the Son of Man came ¹  to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 15:4

15:4 “Which one ²  of you, if he has a hundred ³  sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture ⁴  and go look for ⁵  the one that is lost until he finds it? ⁶ 

Luke 15:6

15:6 Returning ⁷  home, he calls together ⁸  his ⁹  friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

¹ sn The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost is Jesus’ mission succinctly defined. See Luke 15:1-32.

² tn Grk “What man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a somewhat generic sense.

³ sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep.

⁴ tn Or “desert,” but here such a translation might suggest neglect of the 99 sheep left behind.

⁵ tn Grk “go after,” but in contemporary English the idiom “to look for” is used to express this.

⁶ sn Until he finds it. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18.

³ tn Grk “And coming into his…” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁴ sn A touch of drama may be present, as the term calls together can mean a formal celebration (1 Kgs 1:9-10).

⁵ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215). It occurs before “neighbors” as well (“his friends and his neighbors”) but has not been translated the second time because of English style.