Luke 15:8

World Messianic Bible British Edition

“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?

Cross References

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is amongst his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Matthew 5:15

Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

Luke 15:7

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Luke 15:9

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

John 10:16

I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Acts 19:19

Many of those who practised magical arts brought their books together and burnt them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Ephesians 2:17

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.