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Luke 15:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Luke 15:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 And when he[a] returns to his[b] home, he calls together his[c] friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’ 7 I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?[d]
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- Luke 15:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“returns”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 15:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Luke 15:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Luke 15:8 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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