Luke 15:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons.

New Living Translation
To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.

English Standard Version
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.

Berean Study Bible
Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.

New American Standard Bible
And He said, “A man had two sons.

NASB 1995
And He said, "A man had two sons.

NASB 1977
And He said, “A certain man had two sons;

Amplified Bible
Then He said, “A certain man had two sons.

Christian Standard Bible
He also said, “A man had two sons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He also said: "A man had two sons.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told them yet another story: Once a man had two sons.

Good News Translation
Jesus went on to say, "There was once a man who had two sons.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

International Standard Version
Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

NET Bible
Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

New King James Version
Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.

King James 2000 Bible
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

New Heart English Bible
He said, "A certain man had two sons.

World English Bible
He said, "A certain man had two sons.

American King James Version
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

American Standard Version
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

A Faithful Version
Then He said, "A certain man had two sons;

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, A certain man had two sons;

English Revised Version
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he sayde: A certayne man had two sonnes,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he sayde: a certayne man had two sonnes
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He said, “A certain man had two sons,

Berean Literal Bible
And He said, "A certain man had two sons.

Young's Literal Translation
And he said, 'A certain man had two sons,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He said, A certain man had two sons.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: A certain man had two sons:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said: “A certain man had two sons.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yeshua said to them again, “One man had two sons.”

Lamsa Bible
And Jesus said to them again, A man had two sons;

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Then he said: A certain man had two sons.

Godbey New Testament
And He said, A certain man had two sons.

Haweis New Testament
Then he said, A certain man had two sons:

Mace New Testament
Again he said: a certain man had two sons;

Weymouth New Testament
He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.

Worrell New Testament
And He said, "A certain man had two sons.

Worsley New Testament
And He said, a certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father,
















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