And 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!’
And her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified His great mercy toward her, and they were rejoicing with her.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
“Or what woman, if she has ten drachmas and loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?