Matthew 21:23-31
And he said - Jesus, to illustrate still farther the sentiment which he had uttered, and to show that it was proper to rejoice over repenting sin...
(2) And he said, A certain man had two sons: (2) Men by their voluntary falling from God, having robbed themselves of the benefits which they receiv...
Luke 25. Three Parables Showing God's Love for the Lost, and His Joy at their Restoration. The three parables in this chapter have no definite note...
And He said . This parable is peculiar to this gospel. Seenote on Luke 15:8 . man (as in Luke 15:4 ). Here representing the Father (God). two...
This parable is nothing else than a confirmation of the preceding doctrine. (520) In the first part is shown how readily God is disposed to pa...
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
A certain man had two sons:— Our Lord next delivered the parable of the lost or prodigal son, which of all his parables is perhaps the most delight...
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And he said, A certain man had two sons:
Parables of the Lost Sheep, of them Lost Coin, of the Prodigal Son 1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12-13 . The first of a serie...
The Prodigal Son (peculiar to Lk). 'This parable, like the two preceding, is intended to show what joy there is in heaven at the conversion of sinn...
And he said, A certain man had two sons. — We enter here on one of the parables which are not only peculiar to St. Luke’s Gospel, but have somethin...
Chapter 21 LOST AND FOUND. IN this chapter we see how the waves of influence, moving outward from their Divine center, touch the outermost fringe...
the Son Who “Came to Himself” and to His Father Luke 15:11-24 The pearl of parables! Too often we desire God's gifts apart from Himself. The f...
Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the great discourse of t...
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he...
THE TWO SONS ‘A certain man had two sons.’ Luke 15:11 Let us apply the parable to our own times and our own land. There is no need to dwell...
And he said ,.... The Syriac and Persic versions read "and Jesus said again"; he added another parable to the two former, at the same time, of the s...
And he said, A certain man had two sons: Ver. 11. And he said ] A third parable to the same purpose: and all to persuade us of God's readiness to...
And he said , &c. Christ delivered next the parable of the lost or prodigal son: “which of all his parables,” says Dr. Macknight, “is the most d...
SEEKING THE LOST SHEEP (vs.3-7) Though discipleship to Christ is a wonderful privilege, yet man would never choose a path of true discipleship if...
The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younge...
Ver. 11-16. The scope of this excellent parable is apparently to magnify the grace of God, who is willing to receive and to treat kindly the greatest...
Men Must Live In The Light Of The Coming Of The Son of Man In His Glory (15:1-19:28). Having established in Section 1 that Jesus was born in Bethl...
Three Parables Dealing With The Seeking and Saving of the Lost (15:1-32). It will have been noted how great a concentration there is in this secti...
‘And he said, “A certain man had two sons,” ' The parable is about two sons. But it is so easy to lose sight of the elder son (partly due to the viv...
The Parable of The Loving Father, The Prodigal Son and the Dissatisfied Brother (15:11-32). When we come to the third parable there is a different...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 15:11 . A certain man .—Our heavenly Father, since Christ never represents Himself thus. He always speaks of Himself as a So...
Luke 15:11 The Fatherland. I. Of all God's cords the finest, and perhaps the strongest, is the cord of love. The true home of humanity is God God...
This is a chapter that needs no explanation; it carries its key within itself, and the experience of every child of God is the best exposition of it....
Luke 15:1 . Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; the...
We have read this chapter together many times; possibly some of us have read it hundreds of times; yet whenever we read it, we always find something...
Luke 15:11-13 . And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that fall...
Luke 15:1 . Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him. The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own righteousness, as...
A certain man had two sons. The prodigal and his brother I. GOD’S TREATMENT OF THE PENITENT. 1. The alienation of the heart from God. (1)...
EXPOSITION Luke 15:1-42 The Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the "lost," in which he explains his reason for loving and receivin...
And He said, A certain man had two sons;
The Prodigal Son. The reckless departure:
Christ Seeking To Save Luke 15:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the prodigal son is one part of a threefold parable. 1. We have the shep...
The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fifteenth chapter of Luke presents one parable with four outstanding messages, embracing...
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: