Sentences with phrase «lost drachma»
There is no concept that will suffice for harvests turned golden, lilies of the field, the lost drachma, the wounded man on the road to Jericho» (Morning Light: The Spiritual Journal of Jean Sulivan, 1988, p. 18).
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In Luke 15:1 - 10, then, the two points are made: the shepherd leaves the ninety - nine sheep to seek out the lost one, and rejoices when it is found; the woman drops everything else to seek out the one lost coin (the coin mentioned is probably a Greek drachma, literally worth sixteen cents, but in actual purchasing power many times more than that), and rejoices with her friends when it is found.