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The lost sheep or coin represents a lost human being. As in the analogy of the Good Shepherd, some consider Jesus to be the shepherd in the parable, thus identifying himself with the image of God as a shepherd searching for stray sheep in Ezekiel 34:11–16. [1]
In it, a woman searches for a lost coin, finds it, and rejoices. It is a member of a trilogy on redemption that Jesus tells after the Pharisees and religious leaders accuse Him of welcoming and eating with "sinners." [1] The other two are the Parable of the Lost Sheep, and the Parable of the Lost Son or Prodigal Son.
Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. [7]This is the third mention by Luke of the tax collectors (Greek: οι τελωναι, hoi telōnai, also translated as "publicans"); they were previously one of the groups who answered John the Baptist's call to repentance, [8] and Jesus ate with them, amidst the Pharisees' earlier complaints, in chapter 5.
Apr. 6—Jesus told the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Matthew 18:12-14 and Luke 15:1-7 to show that every person is of singular importance to God and should be seen as having great value no matter ...
Charles Ellicott believes that the "lost sheep of Israel" refers to the Israelites lacking proper leadership. [2] John Gill believes it refers to the elect Jews that are unable to naturally turn to Christ due to their fallen state .
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Pearl is a late Middle English poem often attributed to the Gawain poet by scholars. The narrator mourns the loss of his daughter, called Pearl. Pearl presents her father with a vision of the New Jerusalem. By the end of the poem, Pearl reveals that she wears the pearl from Christ's parable around her neck and urges her father to keep faith.
A pair of sheep rams were often noticed wandering the outskirts of a state forest in a rural area of Australia. No one seems to know who they belonged to or where they were supposed to be, but it ...