4 For ver. 4-7, [Matt. 18:12-14] "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, Ezek. 34:6;[1 Pet. 2:25] if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine [Ex. 3:1;1 Sam. 17:28] in the open country, and Ezek. 34:4,11,12,16;[ch. 19:10]go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, 15:8 Greek ten drachmas ; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius , worth about a day’s wage for a laborer if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
24 For this my son ver. 32;[Rom. 11:15;Eph. 2:1;Col. 2:13;Rev. 3:1]was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.