Luke 15:8

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins ¹  and loses ²  one of them, ³  does not light a lamp, sweep ⁴  the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

Eze 34:12; Lu 19:10; Joh 10:16; Joh 11:52; Eph 2:17

¹ sn This silver coin is a drachma, equal to a denarius, that is, a day’s pay for the average laborer.

² tn Grk “What woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses.” The initial participle ἔχουσα (ecousa) has been translated as a finite verb parallel to ἀπολέσῃ (apolesh) in the conditional clause to improve the English style.

³ tn Grk “one coin.”

⁴ tn Grk “and sweep,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.