Luke · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Luke 15 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Los recaudadores de impuestos y otros “pecadores” a menudo solían venir a escuchar a Jesús.
1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
2 Por ello, los fariseos y los líderes religiosos protestaban diciendo: “Este hombre recibe a los 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 este relato a manera de ilustración:
3 He told them this parable:
4 “Imaginen que un hombre que tenía cien ovejas perdió una de ellas. ¿No dejaría a las noventa y nueve allí al aire libre, y saldría a buscar a la que está perdida, 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 Y cuando la encuentra, la carga con alegría sobre sus hombros.
5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 Luego, al llegar a casa llama a sus amigos y vecinos y los invita, diciendo: ‘¡Vengan y celebren conmigo! ¡He encontrado a mi oveja perdida!’
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 aseguro que hay más alegría en el cielo por un pecador que se arrepiente, que por noventa y nueve 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 “Imaginen que una mujer tiene diez monedas de plata, y pierde una de ellas. ¿No encendería ella una lámpara y luego barrería la casa, buscando cuidadosamente 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 Y cuando la encuentra, llama a sus amigos y vecinos y los invita, diciendo: ‘¡Vengan y celebren conmigo! He encontrado la moneda de plata 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 Les aseguro que hay alegría en la presencia 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 “Había un hombre que tenía dos hijos”, explicó Jesús.
11 He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 “El hijo menor le dijo a su padre: ‘Padre, dame mi herencia ahora’. Así que el hombre dividió su propiedad 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 Unos días más tarde, el hijo menor empacó sus cosas y se fue a un país lejano. Allí gastó todo su dinero, viviendo una vida temeraria.
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 “Después de haberlo gastado todo, el país fue azotado por una hambruna severa, y él tenía mucha hambre.
14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 Así que salió y solicitó un trabajo con uno de los granjeros allí, quien lo envió a sus campos a alimentar a los 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 Y tenía tanta hambre que incluso se habría comido la comida de los cerdos, pero ninguno le dio nada.
16 He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17 Cuando recuperó el sentido, pensó para sí mismo: ‘Todos los trabajadores de mi padre tienen más que suficiente para comer, ¿por qué estoy muriendo de hambre aquí?
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 ¡Regresaré a la casa de mi padre! 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. Por favor, trátame como uno de tus empleados”’.
19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
20 Así que partió de allí y se fue a casa de su padre. “Aunque aún estaba lejos, su padre lo vio venir desde la distancia, y su corazón se llenó de amor por su hijo. El padre corrió hacia él, abrazándolo y besándolo.
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 merezco 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 le dijo a sus siervos: ‘Rápido, traigan la mejor túnica y póngansela. Pónganle un anillo en su dedo y sandalias en sus 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 que hemos estado engordando y mátenlo. Hagamos una fiesta para celebrar
23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
24 porque este es mi hijo que estaba muerto, pero que ha regresado a la vida; estaba perdido, pero ahora 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 “Pero el hijo mayor estaba trabajando en los campos. Y cuando entró a la casa, escuchó la música y las danzas.
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 sucedía.
26 He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.
27 “‘Tu hermano regresó’, respondió, ‘y tu padre ha matado el becerro gordo, porque llegó 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 “El hermano entonces se enojó. No quiso entrar. Así que su padre salió para suplicarle que entrara.
28 But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.
29 “Entonces el hermano mayor le dijo a su padre: ‘Mira, todos estos años te he servido, y nunca te he desobedecido, pero nunca me diste siquiera un becerro pequeño para hacer una fiesta 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 ahora este hijo tuyo regresa, después de haber desperdiciado tu dinero en prostitutas, ¡y tu matas el becerro gordo para él!’
30 But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 “‘Hijo,’ respondió el padre, ‘tú siempre estás aquí conmigo. Todo lo que tengo es tuyo.
31 “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32 ¡Pero deberías estar feliz y celebrar! ¡Este es tu hermano que estaba muerto, pero ha vuelto a vivir; estaba perdido pero lo hemos 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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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)