Talk:Parable of the Lost Sheep

Bible text in article
I never liked putting the Bible verses into the article much. Now it's been proposed that it be remeoved and I agree --KSnortum 04:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Unreliable external links
Please see the discussion at Talk:Parable of the unforgiving servant. Angr (talk) 10:26, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Repetition of Ezekial
"As in the analogy of the Good Shepherd, Jesus is the shepherd, thus identifying himself with the image of God as a shepherd searching for stray sheep in Ezekiel Ezekiel 34:11–16."

The repetition of Ezekial immediately seems fairly clunky, but I'm not familiar with any manual of style statements related to the bible, so I can't really say what the solution is. TypistMonkey (talk) 01:18, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Interpretation
The Interpretation section of this article is an untenable, allegorical focus on the story of the man with 100 sheep. It is not an allegory, as implied. There is no internal indication that the man who lost one of his 100 sheep is Jesus the Good Shepherd of the Fourth Gospel. It is simply a story. The man is never called a shepherd and is no more representative of a divine savior than is the woman in the second story. This story is simply the first of three reversely progressive stories all depicting scenes of loss, finding, and celebration. The first two are said to be like the celestial celebration at the repentance of one sinner. The last story stops but does not end, because it is not known if the older brother joins the party at his father's pleading. The purpose of the trilogy of stories, climaxing in the last one, is a progressive invitation to the Pharisees and religious leaders of v. 2 to join Jesus in welcoming and celebrating with the marginalized people in the contemporary Jewish society. Luke has Jesus address this set of stories to these leaders and awaits their response like that of the older brother. Accordingly, how the story ends is up to them, just as it is to its modern readers.Wctrenchard (talk) 22:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)