12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
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Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: …
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-32)We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to receive and entertain such, upon their repentance; but the circumstances of the parable do much more largely and fully set forth the riches of gospel grace than those did, and it has been, and will be whil…
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