Luke 15:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.(A)
The Parable of the Lost Coin. 8 “Or what woman having ten coins[a] and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
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- 15:8 Ten coins: literally, “ten drachmas.” A drachma was a Greek silver coin.
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