When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.*
Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?