Luke 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons:… It is now his turn to act the prodigal in lavishing all upon the penitent. Little wonder that the elder brother reproached the father as the greater prodigal of the two. Such a costly merry-making had never been in their quiet home. The prodigality of grace surpasses the prodigality of sin. The best robe, the ring, and the shoes were the dress of a free-born son, and showed to all that the lost son had received the highest favours the father could bestow. "The fatted calf" was well known to the servants, as at Jewish farms a Calf was fattened for great festivals. "And they began to be merry" (ver. 24), but we are not told when they ended. Heaven has its merry-makings as well as earth, and they celebrate the prodigal's home-coming. (J. Wells.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said, A certain man had two sons: |
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