Knowing The Word in Luke 15:8-10, The Parable of the Lost Coin

As we find the joy of Jesus over one repentant sinner in the Parable of the Lost Sheep, we find the same application in this story of a poor woman whose lost coin is a serious matter. Jesus tells us that what may seem insignificant to others is very significant to him. Each person is made in the image of God, and Jesus never forgets that fact.

8 “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? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Prayer: Pour into our hearts the spirit of unselfishness, so that, when our cup overflows, we may seek to share our happiness with our brethren. O thou God of love, who makest thy sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendest rain on the just and the unjust, grant that we may become more and more thy true children, by receiving into our souls more of thine own spirit of ungrudging and unwearying kindness; which we ask in the name of Jesus Christ.

John Hunter, 1849-1917