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872 B
Jesus continues speaking to the religious leaders.
What woman…would not light a lamp…and seek diligently until she has found it?
This is a rhetorical question. Jesus was reminding the people that if any of them lost a silver coin, they would certainly look for it diligently. This sentence can be translated as “You know that if a woman had ten silver coins and lost one, she would light a lamp, sweep the floor and search carefully until she has found it.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
what woman
This is a hypothetical situation and not a story about a real woman. Some languages have ways of showing this. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)
Even so
"In the same way" or "Just as people would rejoice with the woman"
over one sinner who repents
This can be translated as "when one sinner repents."