Matthew 10:39
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39 (A)Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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Luke 15:3-7
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3 So he told them this parable: 4 (A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (B)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (C)in the open country, and (D)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, (E)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (F)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (G)repents than over ninety-nine (H)righteous persons who need no repentance.
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Luke 15:8-10
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The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer
Luke 15:32
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32 It was fitting (A)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother (B)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
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