Luke 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons:… In old days the young knight rode forth to do justice and redress wrong — and that was a noble and a hopeful starting. But this young prodigal's riding forth — it was all meanness and sadness and misery. Look for nothing brave or manly there. From innocence to sift, from sin to sorrow — there was no beauty in that path. To be the slave of Satan, to follow the whisper of temptation in the black and dark night — there was nothing but abomination in that errand. A bird hasting to the snare, an ox led to destruction, are the fit emblems of that pilgrimage. The roads are different, but all deadly; one leads to madness, one to suicide, one to sudden destruction, one to open shame; but they all sweep through the valley of the shadow, they all end in the chambers of death and hell. (Archdeacon Farrar.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said, A certain man had two sons: |
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