Multiple translations can be accessed at the bolded hyperlink below. The entire chapter is linked in order to provide context.
Information about the meaning of the original Greek of key words is provided in blue.
Portions highlighted in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Portions in green text at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Portions in red text at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
A link to a collection of other scriptures addressing principles similar to those set out in this scripture is set out at the end of this post.
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3So he told them this parable: 4“Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. 6And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
coming near = ἐγγίζω = engizō Blue Letter Bible approach; draw nigh, come near to; be at hand; to join one thing to another; to turn one's thoughts to God, to become acquainted with him
listen = ἀκούω = akouō Blue Letter Bible harken to; to attend to, consider what is or has been said; to understand, perceive the sense of what is said; to give ear to a teaching or a teacher; to comprehend; to perceive anyone's voice; to yield to, hear and obey; have regard to; to perceive the distinct words of a voice; to yield obedience to the voice; to perceive in the soul; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon hearken, give ear; listen to; obey; hear and understand
grumble = διαγογγύζω = diagongyzō Blue Letter Bible to murmur; indignantly complaining; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon mutter or murmur among themselves
welcomes = προσδέχομαι = prosdechomai Blue Letter Bible to accept favorably; to receive to oneself, to receive favorably; to look for, wait for; to admit, to give access to one's self;receive one into intercourse and companionship; to accept (not to reject); o await (with confidence or patience); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon receive favourably, accept; receive hospitably; admit; await, expect
go = πορεύω = poreuō Blue Letter Bible to depart from one place to another; to proceed from one place to another; to go, proceed, go on one's way; set out; seek or run after something; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon make to go, carry, convey; conduct a search; go, walk, march
find, found = εὑρίσκω = heyriskō Blue Letter Bible to find, either with previous search or without; to find out by enquiry, or to learn, discover; to find for oneself, to procure, get, obtain, with the suggestion of accomplishing the end which had been in view;to come upon, hit upon, to meet with; get, obtain, perceive, see; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon find out, discover; devise, invent; get, gain; bring about, acquire; fetch
rejoice = χαίρω = chairō Blue Letter Bible to joy, rejoice, be glad; joyfully; be cheerful; to be well, to thrive; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon take pleasure in a thing; express one's joy; be glad; delight in
rejoice = συγχαίρω = sygchairō Blue Letter Bible to rejoice with; take part in another's joy; to rejoice together, to congratulate; to sympathize in gladness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon wish one joy, congratulate
joy = χαρά= chara Blue Letter Bible delight, gladness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicondelight
repents = μετανοέω = metanoeō Blue Letter Bible to change one's mind;to change one's mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction);Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon perceive afterwards, concur subsequently; change one's mind or purpose
What this scripture tells us about God/His ways:
This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them
go after the one that is lost until he finds it
When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices
joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
What this scripture tells us to do:
coming near to listen to him
Rejoice with me
What this scripture tells us not to do:
grumbling
Other scriptures addressing the principles laid out in this passage are collected at Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
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