“The woman searched for the coin ‘until she found it.’ She did not give up when it became difficult; rather, she persistently pursued it to the very end. That is the love of God.” “Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 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.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents” (Luke 15:8–10). (1) Today’s passage, Luke 15:8–10, is the second of the three parables Jesus spoke in Luke 15, namely, “The Parable of the Lost Drachma.” When I read this parable in the Greek Bible, in addition to the four Greek words we already meditated on in “The Parable of the Lost Sheep” (vv...
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