18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
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Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. …
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. …
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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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