Either what woman having ten pieces of silver (note: Drachma here translated a piece of silver, is the eighth part of an ounce, which cometh to seven pence half penny, and is equal to the Roman penny, Mat. 18.28), if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
Or what woman who has ten silver coins (note: Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day’s wages) and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?