or and describes her as living in “a poor little hut that barely gets good light in the daytime, and it is necessary that she turn on a lamp to see at night.” The longer a coin is lost, the image and superscription may be worn off. “So the sinner sinks deeper and deeper into the impurities of sin, and gets the superscription and image of his Maker defaced from his heart.” (Clarke, 457).”Clifton tells about her rejoicing when she has found the one drachma. He says it’s a relief to her because she knows what it’s like to be poor. “The one who rejoices over the heavenly host is God himself. The parable is really a invitation-an invitation for the critical religious leaders to be joyful and repent.” (Clifton, 124) “The repentance of the individual sinner results in joy before the angels of God. (Clarke, 457) The coin has become more important now that she found it compared to when she lost it because there is “a challenge to actively identify with the joy that results from the restoration of a sinner to God.” (Nolland, 776)I agree with the authors who said she was poor and the drachma meant a lot to her. I also agree with the representation of the woman and the coin she lost. I do agree with Nolland in that God takes special delight in the restoration of the sinner who has been lost from his People. APPENDIXNew International VersionMatthew 13:3-9 The Parable of the SowerA farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering his seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop-a hundred. Sixty or...
