Luke 19:10
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
11 While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
12 So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- KJV
- For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- WEB
- For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
- ASV
- For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
- DARBY
- for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.
- BLB
- For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- ÅB
- for Menneskesønnen er kommet for å søke og frelse det som var fortapt.
- OTB
- For Menneskesønnen er kommet for å søke og frelse det som var fortapt.”
- B1930
- for Menneskesønnen er kommet for å søke og frelse det som var fortapt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Read in contextMatthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Read in context1 Timothy 1:13–16
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Read in contextLuke 5:31–32
Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Read in contextLuke 15:4–7
“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?
Read in contextMatthew 9:12–13
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Read in contextRomans 5:6
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Read in contextMatthew 15:24
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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