Luke 15:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
  • John 11:52 : 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

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    3And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

    4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

    5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

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    24for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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