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Berean Standard Bible

““What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?”

Luke 15:4

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Luke 15 opens with tax collectors and sinners gathering to hear Jesus, while Pharisees and teachers of the law grumbled that he welcomed sinners and ate with them. In response Jesus told three parables about lost things: a sheep, a coin and a son.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

World English Bible (WEB)

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

King James Version (KJV)

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

American Standard Version (ASV)

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Qué hombre de vosotros, teniendo cien ovejas, si perdiere una de ellas, no deja las noventa y nueve en el desierto, y va á la que se perdió, hasta que la halle?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

«Supongamos que uno de ustedes tiene cien ovejas y una de ellas se le pierde. ¿No deja las otras noventa y nueve en el campo y se va a buscar la oveja perdida hasta encontrarla?

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