The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or what woman who has ten silver coins,[a][b] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’ 10 I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels(A) over one sinner who repents.”

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Footnotes

  1. 15:8 Gk ten drachmas
  2. 15:8 A Gk drachma was equivalent to a Roman denarius = one day’s wage

The Parable of the Lost Coin

Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?[a] And when she[b] has found it,[c] she calls together her[d] friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!’ 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:8 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Luke 15:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has found”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Luke 15:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Luke 15:9 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun