30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And 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. …
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
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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