4 "If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?
Parable of the Lost Coin
8 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins 15:8 Greek ten drachmas. A drachma was the equivalent of a full day’s wage. and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until she finds it?
24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.