LUKE 15:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) [ref]Many tax-collectors and others regarded as sinners had come closer so they could hear what Yeshua was teaching,

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming to him to listen to him.

UST Now, many tax collectors and other people whom the religious leaders considered to be sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.

BSB Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to [Jesus].

MSB Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to [Jesus].

BLB Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.

AICNT Now [all][fn] the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen [to him].[fn]

15:1, all: Absent from some manuscripts. W(032)

15:1, to him: Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01)

OEB ¶ The tax collectors and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;

WEBBE Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

LSV And all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him,

FBV Tax collectors and other “sinners” often used to come and listen to Jesus.

TCNT Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Jesus to listen to him.

T4T Many [HYP] tax collectors and others whom people considered to be habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.

LEB Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to hear him.

BBE Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

Moff Now the tax gatherers and sinners were all approaching him to listen to him,

Wymth Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;

ASV Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

DRA Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

YLT And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

Drby And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

RV Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him for to hear him.

SLT And all publicans and sinful were drawing near him to hear him.

Wbstr Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners to hear him.

KJB-1769 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

KJB-1611 ¶ Then drew neere vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, for to heare him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Then resorted vnto hym all the publicanes and sinners, for to heare hym.
(Then resorted unto him all the publicanes and sinners, for to hear him.)

Gnva Then resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, to heare him.
(Then resorted unto him all the Publicans and sinners, to hear him. )

Cvdl There resorted vnto him all the publicans and synners, that they might heare him.
(There resorted unto him all the publicans and sinners, that they might hear him.)

TNT Then resorted vnto him all the publicans and synners for to heare him.
(Then resorted unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. )

Wycl And pupplicans and synful men weren neiyynge to him, to here hym.
(And pupplicans and sinful men were neiying to him, to here him.)

Luth Es naheten aber zu ihm allerlei Zöllner und Sünder, daß sie ihn höreten.
(It approachesen but to/for him all_sorts_of_things Zöllner and sinners, that they/she/them him/it heard.)

ClVg Erant autem appropinquantes ei publicani, et peccatores ut audirent illum.
(They_were however appropinquantes to_him publicni, and sinners as to_hearnt him. )

UGNT ἦσαν δὲ αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
(aʸsan de autōi engizontes pantes hoi telōnai kai hoi hamartōloi akouein autou.)

SBL-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ ⸂αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες⸃ πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
(Aʸsan de ⸂autōi engizontes⸃ pantes hoi telōnai kai hoi hamartōloi akouein autou.)

RP-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ ἐγγίζοντες αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
(Aʸsan de engizontes autōi pantes hoi telōnai kai hoi hamartōloi, akouein autou.)

TC-GNT Ἦσαν δὲ [fn]ἐγγίζοντες αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ.
(Aʸsan de engizontes autōi pantes hoi telōnai kai hoi hamartōloi, akouein autou. )

15:1 εγγιζοντες αυτω ¦ αυτω εγγιζοντες CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–7: Jesus told a parable about a man looking for his lost sheep

In Luke 15 Jesus welcomed sinful people, and many listened to him. However, the Pharisees criticized Jesus for welcoming people like that. Then Jesus told the three parables in this chapter. Each parable tells about something that was lost and the joy of the one who found it. The things that were lost represent sinful people. They need help to be restored to God. The parables illustrate that God feels great joy when even one sinful person repents and is restored to a good relationship with him. In the Notes each parable will be described in a separate section.

The parable in this section is about a sheep that went away from its shepherd. The sheep did not know how to find the shepherd again. When the shepherd noticed that this one sheep was missing, he searched for it diligently until he found it. He then invited his friends and neighbors to rejoice with him that he had found the lost sheep. Another heading for this section is:

The Lost Sheep (GW)

A shepherd was happy to find his lost sheep

There is a parallel passage for this section in Matthew 18:12–14. However, the context and some of the details are different.

15:1a

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around

¶ It happened that all the tax collectors and sinners used to gather around Jesus
¶ Many people who collected taxes for the government and other people who were known to be sinful kept coming near to Jesus

15:1b

to listen to Jesus.

to listen to him.
to listen to what he was saying.

15:1a–b

Now: In this context the Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as Now introduces a new event and a new topic. It is not a time word here. Introduce the topic in a natural way in your language.

all the tax collectors and sinners: The terms tax collectors and sinners refer to people who were known to be sinful. Many Jews refused to associate with such people. See how you translated this phrase in 7:34.

It is clear from 15:2 that tax collectors were included among those who were called “sinners.”In Greek there is an article before each term (the tax collectors and the sinners). Several scholars point out that the two articles indicate two different groups of people. However, in 15:2, both groups are collectively referred to as “sinners.” In similar passages, such as Mark 2:15–16, these two terms are also used together with a single article, indicating that the two groups were closely associated in people’s minds. In some languages it may be necessary to indicate this connection. For example:

tax collectors and other notorious sinners (NLT)

all: In this context the word all emphasizes that very many tax collectors and other sinners gathered around Jesus. It probably does not indicate that every sinner came. In some languages it may be more natural to make this clear. For example:

many tax collectors and sinners

tax collectors: The Greek word that the BSB translates as tax collectors refers to Jewish men who collected taxes from their fellow Jews for the government. Ordinary Jews despised them because:

Tax collectors worked for a government that oppressed the people.
Tax collectors often cheated the people by collecting more money than the law required and keeping the extra money for themselves.

If you do not have a word in your language for “tax collectors,” some other ways to describe them are:

men who collected taxes/payment for the government

men who were paid by rulers to collect money for them from people

See how you translated tax collectors in 3:12a. You may also want to include a footnote in your translation to help readers understand why most Jews hated tax collectors.

sinners: The Greek word that the BSB translates as sinners refers to people who habitually disobey God or do not do what he wants them to do. In this context sinners refers to people whom the Pharisees thought were especially sinful. The NIV uses quote marks to indicate that the people had a reputation for being more sinful than others. Some ways to translate sinners here are:

people who habitually sin

people who do not obey God

wrongdoers

The word sinners also occurs in 5:30b.

were gathering around to listen to Jesus: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as were…gathering around means “were approaching” or “were coming near.” The people were coming nearer to Jesus so that they could listen to his teaching. Other ways to translate this are:

were…crowding in to listen to him (REB)

were coming near Him to listen to Him (NASB)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καί οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ)

Luke uses the word And to introduce background information that will help readers understand what happens next. Alternate translation: [Now]

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

ἦσαν & αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ

were & ˱to˲_him nearing all the tax_collectors (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦσαν Δέ αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καί οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ)

Luke uses this phrase to introduce new characters into the story. These people were part of the crowd that Luke described generally in [14:25](../14/25.md). Alternate translation: [many of the people who were coming to listen to Jesus were tax collectors and sinners]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ἦσαν & αὐτῷ ἐγγίζοντες πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ

The word all is an overstatement for emphasis. Alternate translation: [many of the people who were coming to listen to Jesus were tax collectors and sinners]

Parallel LUKE 15:1

Section 15:1–7: Jesus told a parable about a man looking for his lost sheep

15:1a

15:1b

15:1a–b