I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven(A) over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

The Parable of the Lost Coin

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins,[a] 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 women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:8 Gk 10 drachmas; a drachma was a silver coin = a denarius

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