4 "What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, 15:4 Ps 119:176; Jr 50:6; Zch 11:16; Mt 10:6; 15:24does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field 15:4 Or the wildernessand go after the lost one until he finds it?
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 "Or what woman who has ten silver coins, 15:8 Gk ten drachmas, 15:8 A Gk drachma was equivalent to a Roman denarius = one day’s wageif she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
24 because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; 15:24 Lk 15:32; Rm 11:15; 2Co 4:10; Col 2:13he was lost and is found! ’ So they began to celebrate.