Luke 15:8-10

The Woman And The Lost Coin (15:8-10).

As the analysis above shows this is in continuity with the previous parable and brings out Luke's tendency to combine parables together and to refer to both men and women. For similar pairs of parables compare Luke 5:36; Luke 11:31; Luke 12:24; Luke 13:18; Luke 14:28, the centre three of which also include the man/woman element. (We say Luke's tendency, but of course the tendency must be traced back to Jesus). The stress in this parable is on the recovery of a treasured possession. For God's people are His own treasured possession (Exodus 19:5), and He does not like to lose one of them.