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Luke 15:8
8Jesus told them another story: ‘Now think about a woman who has ten valuable coins. She may lose one of them. What does she do then? She lights a lamp and she sweeps inside her house. She looks carefully until she finds the coin.
Luke 15:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
- New International Version (NIV)“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
Context of Luke 15:8
6Then he carries it back home. He speaks to all his friends and to the people that live near him. He says, “I have found the sheep that I lost. So come to my house and we can all be happy together.” 7When one person stops doing wrong things, it is like that. It makes those that live with God in heaven very happy. They will be happier about that one person, than about 99 people who already obey God.’ Jesus told them another story: ‘Now think about a woman who has ten valuable coins. She may lose one of them. What does she do then? She lights a lamp and she sweeps inside her house. She looks carefully until she finds the coin. 9Then she speaks to all her friends and to those that live near to her. She says to them, “I have found the coin that I lost. So come to my house and we can all be happy together.” 10When one person stops doing wrong things, it is like that. It makes God's angels and everyone in heaven very happy.’
Read all of Luke 15Luke 15:8 word by word
Ἢ τίς γυνὴ δραχμὰς ἔχουσα δέκα, ἐὰν ἀπολέσῃ δραχμὴν μίαν, οὐχὶ ἅπτει λύχνον καὶ σαροῖ τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ζητεῖ ἐπιμελῶς ἕως οὗ εὕρῃ;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Eitherἤē · orG2228
- whatτίςtis · which?G5101
- womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
- havingἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- tenδέκαdeka · tenG1176
- pieces of silverδραχμήdrachmē · drachmaG1406
- ifἐάνean · ifG1437
- she loseἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- dothἅπτωhaptō · to touchG681
- notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
- a candleλύχνοςluchnos · lampG3088
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- sweepσαρόωsaroō · to sweepG4563
- the houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
- seekζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
- diligentlyἐπιμελῶςepimelōs · carefullyG1960
- tillἕωςheōs · untilG2193
- ·ὅτουhotou · untilG3755
- she findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
Cross-references for Luke 15:8
- Luke 18:28Peter then said to Jesus, ‘Look! We have left everything that we had. Now we are your disciples.’
- Luke 19:10I, the Son of Man, came to look for people who are far away from God. They are in danger and I have come to save them.’
- Ezekiel 34:12I will be like a shepherd who looks everywhere to find his lost sheep. I will find them and I will rescue them. I will bring them back from the places that they have run away to. It was a dark day with many clouds when they ran away.
- John 10:16I also have other sheep, and I must bring them too. They do not belong to this group of sheep. But they also will listen to my voice. So all the sheep will become one group, and they will have one shepherd.
- John 11:52And Jesus would die not only for Israel's people. He would also die for all God's people who lived in many different places. He would bring them all together. They would become like one big family.
- Ephesians 2:17When Christ came, he told people God's good news about peace. He told that message to you Gentiles, who were far away from God. He also told it to us Jews, who were near to God.
Commentaries on Luke 15:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Ten pieces of silver - , ten drachmas. I think it always best to retain the names of these ancient coins, and to state their value in English money. Every reader will naturally wish to know by what names such and such coins were called in the countries in which they were current. The Grecian drachma was worth about sevenpence three farthings of our money; being about the same value as the Roman denarius. The drachma that was lost is also a very expressive…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-10Verses 8-10 Ten pieces of silver - In the original, ten “drachmas.” The drachma was about the value of fifteen cents, and consequently the whole sum was about a dollar and a half, or six shillings. The sum was small, but it was all she had. The loss of one piece, therefore, was severely felt. There is joy in the presence - Jesus in this parable expresses the same sentiment which he did in the preceding. A woman would have more immediate, present, joy at…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Ten silver coins: These coins might have been part of the woman’s dowry. A dowry was money or property given to a husband by the bride's family. light a lamp, sweep her house: Homes in Palestine were usually dimly lit and often had dirt or stone floors. Because of this, finding a small coin could be difficult.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108. sweep the house--"not done without dust on man's part" [Bengel].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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