The Parable of the Lost Coin - “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully.

A woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

The Parable of the Lost Coin - “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search.

8 “Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but loses one. She will light a lamp, sweep the house, and look carefully for the coin until she finds it. 9 And when ...

In this parable of the lost coin, Jesus describes a coin that has gone missing. The woman who owns the coin, worth about a day's wages, has nine more.

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

The discovery of the lost coin represents how one sinner repents of his sinful life and is brought back into relational harmony with God.

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

Luke 15:8-9 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coinsand loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

8 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?