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Luke 15:11
“And he said, A certain man had two sons:”
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Luke 15:11 Context
8Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 11And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12And 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. 13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
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And he said, A certain man had two sons:
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Wesley's Notes for Luke 15:11
15:12 Give me the part of goods that falleth to me - See the root of all sin! A desire of disposing of ourselves; of independency on God!
15:13 He took a journey into a far country - Far from God: God was not in all his thoughts: And squandered away his substance - All the grace he had received.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 15:11
Lu 15:11 "The Parable of the Lost Son" (Lu 15:11-32). The two preceding parables represent Christ seeking for the lost; this, the sinner seeking for the Father's house; all three, the rejoicing over repentance. A certain man had two sons. There is something in this inimitable parable which goes straight to every human heart. It is almost impossible to refuse an entrance to it. It storms the strongest fortress of the soul, by its appeal to the latent sensibility to impression, that dormant or sepulchered humanness which underlies in every man his surface of passion or pride; it makes its way to the sympathy of the rudest, and surprises the most callous into the emotion which finds its best relief in tears. The child loves to hear its simple and affecting story, and many a criminal whom crime has done its worst to harden has been subdued by some stray hearing of its experience, it seemed so like his own. (Punshon). In this parable the father is the Heavenly Father; the elder son, the self-righteous, in this case the Pharisees and scribes; the younger son, the sinful, in this case the publicans and sinners.
ΒΆ And hee said, A certaine man had two sonnes:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And He said, "A man had two sons.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
- Basic English Bible
And he said, A certain man had two sons;
- Darby Bible
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
- Webster's Bible
He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.
- Weymouth Bible
He said, "A certain man had two sons.
- World English Bible
And he seide, A man hadde twei sones;
- Wycliffe Bible
And he said, `A certain man had two sons,
- Youngs Literal Bible