Luke 15:8-10

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 ¹the angels of God over one sinner who repents. ”

Cross References

• 1. 15:10 See ch. 12:8

Footnotes

• [a] 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