[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Luke Overview]] [[Luke 14]] [[Luke 16]] # Luke 15 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin **Principle**: [[#Verse 01.]] Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.  [[#Verse 02.]] But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” [[#Verse 03.]] So Jesus told them this parable:  [[#Verse 04.]] “Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?  [[#Verse 05.]] Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. [[#Verse 06.]] Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’  [[#Verse 07.]] I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent. [[#Verse 08.]] “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?  [[#Verse 09.]] Then when she has found it, she calls together herfriends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ [[#Verse 10.]] In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.” #### The Parable of the Compassionate Father **Principle**: [[#Verse 11.]] Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons.  [[#Verse 12.]] The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.  [[#Verse 13.]] After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.  [[#Verse 14.]] Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.  [[#Verse 15.]] So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.  [[#Verse 16.]] He was longing to eat the carob podsthe pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.  [[#Verse 17.]] But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!  [[#Verse 18.]] I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.  [[#Verse 19.]] I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’  [[#Verse 20.]] So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.  [[#Verse 21.]] Then his son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’  [[#Verse 22.]] But the father said to his slaves, ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe,and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!  [[#Verse 23.]] Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,  [[#Verse 24.]] because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again—he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate. [[#Verse 25.]] “Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.  [[#Verse 26.]] So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.  [[#Verse 27.]] The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’  [[#Verse 28.]] But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,  [[#Verse 29.]] but he answered his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!  [[#Verse 30.]] But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’  [[#Verse 31.]] Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.  [[#Verse 32.]] It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’” ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ##### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Coming Soon. - ✅ Coming Soon. ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes