8. Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she will have lost one drachma, would not light a candle, and sweep the house, and diligently search 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 drachma, which I had lost.'
10. So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant."
11. And he said: "A certain man had two sons.
12. And the younger of them said to the father, 'Father, give me the portion of your estate which would go to me.' And he divided the estate between them.
13. And after not many days, the younger son, gathering it all together, set out on a long journey to a distant region. And there, he dissipated his substance, living in luxury.
14. And after he had consumed it all, a great famine occurred in that region, and he began to be in need.