Luke 15:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Lo, so many years do I serve thee — So he was one of the instances mentioned Luke 15:7. How admirably therefore does this parable confirm that assertion! Yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends — Perhaps God does not usually give much joy to those who never felt the sorrows of repentance.

Luke 15:29

29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: