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Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Prodigal Son and the rest of his family


Not much commentary here except to remind you that this story is not just about a prodigal son but also a faithful son, struggling to understand grace,  and the heart of a true father  - an illustration of our Heavenly Father.






Luk 15:11 Then He (Jesus)  said: "A certain man had two sons.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:12 "And the younger of them said to [his] father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls [to me].' So he divided to them [his] livelihood.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:13 "And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:14 "But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:15 "Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:16 "And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him [anything].
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:17 "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:18 'I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:19 "and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants." '
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:20 "And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:21 "And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put [it] on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on [his] feet.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:23 'And bring the fatted calf here and kill [it], and let us eat and be merry;
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:24 'for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:25 "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:26 "So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:27 "And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:28 "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:29 "So he answered and said to [his] father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:30 'But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:31 "And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/gifs/copyChkboxOff.gifLuk 15:32 'It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' "

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