Luke 9:25

9:25 For what does it benefit a person ¹  if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

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 

¹ tn Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.

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.