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Luke 15:6-8
Revised Standard Version
Luke 15:6-8
Revised Standard Version
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
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?
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- Luke 15:8 The drachma, rendered here by silver coin, was about a day’s wage for a laborer
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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