Tax collectors and sinners come near Jesus to hear him, and the Pharisees and the scribes complain that he welcomes sinners and eats with them. Jesus tells a story about a man who has one hundred sheep, loses one and goes after it. Read the story in simple English, with the real verses at the end.
11 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
sheep
an animal with wool
noun
stand
to be on your feet (stood: was on your feet)
verb
lose
to not know where something is any more (lost: the past form; also not found, as in the sheep that was lost)
verb
would
asks what you will do if this happens (wouldn’t: would not)
verb
after
later than; following (go after the one: follow it to find it)
preposition
until
up to the time when
conjunction
set
to put in a place
verb
become
to start to be
verb
together
with each other, in one place or at one time (call together: ask people to come to one place)
adverb
over
above or across something; also about or because of someone (joy over him: joy because of him)
preposition
than
a word used to compare two things
conjunction
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
Tax collectors and sinners come close to hear Jesus, and the Pharisees and the scribes murmur against him.
Jesus tells a parable about a man with one hundred sheep who loses one and goes after it.
He carries the sheep on his shoulders, rejoicing, and calls his friends and neighbors to rejoice with him.
Jesus says there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Luke 15:4 · 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?
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
How did the Pharisees use the word ‘sinners’? The unfoldingWord Translation Words entry on sin says that religious people like the Pharisees sometimes used it for people who did not keep the law as well as the Pharisees thought they should.
Source: Translation Words (en_tw) · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
Luke 15:1-7, from the World English Bible: Jesus and the parable of the lost sheep.
The Pharisees and the scribes murmur that Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them (Luke 15:2).
He leaves the ninety-nine and goes after the one that was lost, until he finds it (Luke 15:4).
He carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing, and calls together his friends and his neighbors (Luke 15:5-6).
He says that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance (Luke 15:7).
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