17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
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Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, …
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, …
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, …
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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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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