And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, (A)‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep (B)which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (C)than over ninety-nine [a]just persons who (D)need no repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or what woman, having ten silver [b]coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:7 upright
  2. Luke 15:8 Gr. drachma, a valuable coin often worn in a ten-piece garland by married women

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