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Chegando lá, iria chamar os seus amigos e vizinhos e falaria assim: “Alegrem-se comigo, pois achei a minha ovelha que estava perdida!” Pois eu lhes digo que, da mesma maneira, haverá mais alegria no céu por causa de um pecador que muda a sua forma de pensar e de viver, do que por causa de noventa e nove pessoas justas que não precisam de arrependimento.

A moeda perdida

—Ou imaginem ainda uma mulher que tendo dez moedas de prata[a] venha a perder uma. Será que ela não acenderá um lampião, varrerá a casa e a procurará cuidadosamente até achá-la?

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  1. 15.8 dez moedas de prata Literalmente, “dez dracmas”. A dracma grega era o pagamento médio por um dia de trabalho. O equivalente aqui é por dez dias de trabalho.

and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’(A) I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.(B)

The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

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  1. Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day’s wages

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

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