Luk 15:1-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Luke 15:1-32: 15:1-32 Chapter 15 contains three related parables of things lost and found: a sheep (15:1-7 ), a coin (15:8-10 ), and a son (15:11-32 ). The loss of something loved causes deep sorrow, whereas finding it brings great joy. There is great rejoicing in heaven when lost sinners return to their heavenly Father. 15:1 Tax collectors were despised because they worked for the hated Roman authorities and were notorious for their corruption.

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‏ Luke 15:1-7

Summary for Luke 15:1-32: 15:1-32 ^a Chapter 15 contains three related parables of things lost and found: a sheep (15:1-7 ^b), a coin (15:8-10 ^c), and a son (15:11-32 ^d). The loss of something loved causes deep sorrow, whereas finding it brings great joy. There is great rejoicing in heaven when lost sinners return to their heavenly Father. 15:1 ^e Tax collectors were despised because they worked for the hated Roman authorities and were notorious for their corruption.
15:2 ^f In their self-righteous hard-heartedness, the Pharisees and teachers of religious law did not care about lost people. Jesus embodied the heart of God, who longs for his wayward children to return.
15:4 ^g A flock of a hundred sheep was of average size for a shepherd of modest means. God’s people are often identified as the Lord’s flock (Ps 23 ^h; Isa 53:6 ⁱ; Jer 13:17 ^j; Ezek 34 ^k; Zech 10:3 ^l).

• leave the ninety-nine others: Other shepherds could watch the ninety-nine, so those left behind were not in danger. The shepherd would do anything to find the one that was lost.