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In this parable, a woman sweeps her dark house looking for a lost coin (engraving by John Everett Millais). The Parable of the Lost Coin is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in Luke 15:8–10. In it, a woman searches for a lost coin, finds it, and rejoices.
Like the parable of the Lost Coin, it is a parable about women which immediately follows, and makes the same point as, a preceding parable about men. [note 1] This painting by Hieronymus Francken the Younger (c. 1616) gives a moralistic interpretation of the parable.
These Bible verses about money offer profound insights, guiding principles, and moral compasses for navigating the sometimes challenging waters of financial matters.
Ellicott's Commentary notes the difference between the fool's approach and the psalmist's: Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. [6] "The psalmist's repose is not the worldling's serenity nor the sensualist's security, but the repose of the quiet conscience and the trusting heart". [7]
The parable does not seem to be an attack on Pharisees, but rather an attempt to teach Simon to see the woman as Jesus sees her. [4] [5] The description of the woman suggests that she is a known prostitute, [4] [5] [6] although this inference is disputed. [7] If she is a prostitute, her presence defiles the Pharisee's ritual purity.
Spinning was traditionally women's work, something made explicit in Luke's version of this verse. This then is one of the few pieces of evidence that Jesus' message is meant equally for women as for men. [1] Pope Francis sees Jesus' consideration of the lilies as an example of "the sensitivity of Jesus before the creatures of his Father". [2]
A Commentary on the Holy Bible, edited by J. R. Dummelow (1909) Peake's Commentary on the Bible, edited by Arthur Samuel Peake (1919). Revised edition, edited by Matthew Black and H. H. Rowley (1962) The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible (1971) Harper's Bible Commentary, edited by James L. Mays (1988)
Jesus held women personally responsible for their own behavior as seen in his dealings with the woman at the well (John 4:16–18), the woman taken in adultery (John 8:10–11), and the sinful woman who anointed his feet (Luke 7:44–50 and the other three gospels). Jesus dealt with each as having the personal freedom and enough self ...