Luke 15:8

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Jesus told the people another story: What will a woman do if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them? Won't she light a lamp, sweep the floor, and look carefully until she finds it?

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:12

just as a shepherd looks for lost sheep. My sheep have been lost since that dark and miserable day when they were scattered throughout the nations. But I will rescue them

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man came to look for and to save people who are lost.”

John 10:16

I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must also bring them together, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd.

John 11:52

Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all of God's scattered people.

Ephesians 2:17

Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God.

Matthew 5:15

and no one lights a lamp and puts it under a clay pot. Instead, it is placed on a lampstand, where it can give light to everyone in the house.

Luke 15:7

Jesus said, “In the same way there is more happiness in heaven because of one sinner who turns to God than over 99 good people who don't need to.”

Luke 15:9

Then she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, “Let's celebrate! I've found the coin I lost.”

Acts 19:19

Some who had been practicing witchcraft even brought their books and burned them in public. These books were worth about 50,000 silver coins.