Luke 15:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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 bring them together too, 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 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 would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot. A lamp 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 ninety-nine good people who don't need to.”

Luke 15:9

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

Acts 19:19

Some who had been practising witchcraft even brought their books and burnt them in public. These books were worth about fifty thousand silver coins.