Luke · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Luke 15 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Todos los cobradores de impuestos y pecadores se acercaban a Jesús para oírlo.
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
2 Pero los fariseos y los escribas murmuraban, diciendo: Este recibe a pecadores y come con ellos.
2 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
3 Entonces Jesús les contó esta parábola:
3 He told them this parable:
4 ¿Qué hombre de ustedes, si tiene cien ovejas y pierde una de ellas, no deja las noventa y nueve en el desierto, y va tras la que se perdió hasta encontrarla?
4 “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?
5 Cuando la encuentra, la pone sobre sus hombros con alegría.
5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 Al llegar a casa, llama a sus amigos y vecinos, y les dice: Alégrense conmigo, porque he encontrado mi oveja que se había perdido.
6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
7 Les digo que así habrá más gozo en el cielo por un pecador que se arrepiente que por noventa y nueve justos que no necesitan arrepentimiento.
7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
8 ¿O qué mujer que tiene diez monedas de plata, si pierde una, no enciende una lámpara, barre la casa y busca con cuidado hasta encontrarla?
8 “Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
9 Cuando la encuentra, llama a sus amigas y vecinas, y les dice: Alégrense conmigo, porque he encontrado la moneda que había perdido.
9 When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’
10 Así les digo que hay gozo delante de los ángeles de Dios por un pecador que se arrepiente.
10 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
11 También dijo: Un hombre tenía dos hijos.
11 He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 El menor de ellos dijo a su padre: Padre, dame la parte de la herencia que me toca. Entonces el padre repartió sus bienes entre ellos.
12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them.
13 Pocos días después, el hijo menor juntó todo lo suyo y se fue lejos, a otro país. Allí desperdició sus bienes viviendo de manera desordenada.
13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
14 Cuando lo había gastado todo, vino una gran hambre en aquel país, y él comenzó a pasar necesidad.
14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 Entonces fue y se puso al servicio de uno de los ciudadanos de aquel país, quien lo mandó a sus campos para cuidar cerdos.
15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 Él deseaba llenarse con las algarrobas que comían los cerdos, pero nadie le daba nada.
16 He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17 Entonces volvió en sí y dijo: ¡Cuántos jornaleros de mi padre tienen pan de sobra, y yo aquí me muero de hambre!
17 But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
18 Me levantaré, iré a mi padre y le diré: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y contra ti.
18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 Ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo; hazme como uno de tus jornaleros.
19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
20 Entonces se levantó y fue a su padre. Cuando aún estaba lejos, su padre lo vio y tuvo compasión. Corrió, se echó sobre su cuello y lo besó.
20 “He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 El hijo le dijo: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y contra ti. Ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo.
21 The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 Pero el padre dijo a sus siervos: Saquen la mejor ropa y vístanlo. Pónganle un anillo en la mano y sandalias en los pies.
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
23 Traigan el becerro gordo y mátenlo. Comamos y hagamos fiesta,
23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
24 porque este hijo mío estaba muerto y ha vuelto a vivir; estaba perdido y ha sido encontrado. Y comenzaron a celebrar.
24 for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
25 El hijo mayor estaba en el campo. Cuando vino y se acercó a la casa, oyó música y baile.
25 “Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 Entonces llamó a uno de los siervos y le preguntó qué estaba pasando.
26 He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.
27 El siervo le dijo: Tu hermano ha vuelto, y tu padre ha matado el becerro gordo porque lo recibió sano y salvo.
27 He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’
28 Pero él se enojó y no quería entrar. Entonces su padre salió y le rogaba que entrara.
28 But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.
29 Pero él respondió a su padre: Mira, tantos años te he servido, y nunca he desobedecido una orden tuya; pero nunca me has dado ni un cabrito para celebrar con mis amigos.
29 But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
30 Pero cuando vino este hijo tuyo, que ha gastado tus bienes con prostitutas, mataste para él el becerro gordo.
30 But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 El padre le dijo: Hijo, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todo lo mío es tuyo.
31 “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32 Pero era necesario celebrar y alegrarnos, porque este hermano tuyo estaba muerto y ha vuelto a vivir; estaba perdido y ha sido encontrado.
32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Timothy 1:15; Matthew 9:10–13; Luke 5:29–32; Matthew 21:28–31; Ezekiel 18:27
- 2 Matthew 9:11; Luke 7:39; Luke 19:7; Luke 5:30; Acts 11:3
- 4 Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 34:11–12; Matthew 18:12–14; Luke 19:10; 1 Peter 2:25
- 5 Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 46:3–4; Luke 19:9; Micah 7:18; Isaiah 40:10–11
- 6 Luke 15:10; Luke 15:24; 1 Peter 2:25; Psalm 119:176; John 15:14
- 7 Luke 15:10; Luke 5:32; Luke 15:32; Matthew 18:13; Proverbs 30:12
- 8 Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 19:10; John 10:16; John 11:52; Ephesians 2:17
- 9 Luke 15:6–7
- 10 Luke 15:7; Ezekiel 33:11; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Ezekiel 18:23; Luke 13:5
- 12 Deuteronomy 21:16–17; Mark 12:44; Psalm 17:14; Luke 15:30
- 13 Proverbs 21:17; Proverbs 29:3; Jeremiah 2:5; Proverbs 23:19–22; Luke 15:30
- 14 2 Chronicles 33:11; Ezekiel 16:27; Hosea 2:9–14; Amos 8:9–12
- 15 Titus 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:25–26; Isaiah 1:5; Nahum 3:6; Jeremiah 5:3
- 16 Romans 6:19–21; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 44:20; Lamentations 4:5; Jonah 2:2–8
- 17 Ezekiel 18:28; Ephesians 2:4–5; Luke 15:18–19; Ephesians 5:14; Acts 16:29–30
- 18 Lamentations 3:40; 1 John 1:8–10; Luke 15:21; Luke 18:13; Psalm 51:3–5
- 19 Job 42:6; Psalm 84:10; 1 Peter 5:6; James 4:8–10; Joshua 9:24–25
- 20 Psalm 103:10–13; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 86:15; Ephesians 2:13; Isaiah 49:15
- 21 Psalm 51:4; Luke 15:18–19; Jeremiah 3:13; 1 Corinthians 8:12; Romans 2:4
- 22 Esther 8:2; Genesis 41:42; Isaiah 61:10; Revelation 6:11; Esther 3:10
- 23 Matthew 22:2–14; Psalm 63:5; Isaiah 25:6; Genesis 18:7; Isaiah 65:13–14
- 24 Ephesians 2:5; Ezekiel 34:16; Luke 19:10; Colossians 2:13; Luke 15:4
- 25 Psalm 150:4; Jeremiah 31:4; Luke 15:11–12; Psalm 126:1; Luke 7:32
- 27 Luke 15:30; Philemon 16; Acts 22:13; Acts 9:17
- 28 1 Samuel 18:8; Jonah 4:9; Genesis 4:5–7; Luke 15:2; Luke 7:39
- 29 Luke 15:7; Zechariah 7:3; Luke 18:11–12; Malachi 3:14; Luke 18:20–21
- 30 Luke 15:12–13; Proverbs 29:3; Luke 18:11; Luke 15:32; Exodus 32:7
- 31 Mark 7:27–28; Romans 11:1; Romans 9:4; Matthew 20:13–16; Romans 11:35
- 32 Ephesians 2:1–10; Luke 15:24; Isaiah 35:10; Romans 3:4; Psalm 51:8
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
In the same way they oracularly declare, that one power having departed also from the Duodecad, has perished; and this was represented by the woman who lost the drachma, and, lighting a lamp, again found it.
Far, indeed, was I wandering away from Thee, being even shut out from the very husks of the swine, whom with husks I fed. For how much better, then, are the fables of the grammarians and poets than these snares!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But Luke saith, that He even brought it on his shoulders, and that "There was greater joy over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons." And from His forsaking those that were saved for it, and from His taking more pleasure in this one, He showed His earnestness about it to be great.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… Christ, as yet by calling only, but ere long by grace also, make you a new heart and a new spirit, that there may be gladness among the inhabitants of heaven: for if over one sinner that repenteth there is joy, according to the Gospel, how much more shall the salvation of so many souls move the inhabitants of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… no repentance." And with much joyfulness do we hear, whenever we hear, how the lost sheep is brought home again on the Shepherd's shoulders, while the angels rejoice, and the drachma is restored to Thy treasury, the neighhours rejoicing with the woman who found it; and the joy of the solemn service of Thy house constraineth to tears, when in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)