Jesus is speaking to Pharisees who condemn His association with sinners. His point is that God seeks sinners so they can be saved (Luke 15:1–10).

The father is the great Father of the souls of men; the elder son represents the respectably religious Pharisees; the younger stands for the class of publicans ...

Jesus says the father felt compassion for him. This indicates that the father was not angry, or bitter, or vindictive, or smugly triumphant that his defeated ...

David Guzik commentary on Luke 15, where Jesus teaches the parable of the lost sheep, the parable of the lost coin, and the parable of the lost son.

10 февр. 2023 г. · We see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father's goodness that ...

Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God. His message was about a God whose love surpasses all typical expressions known to humanity. That love is celebrated by ...

What does Luke 15:11 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the ...

The parable represents God as a common Father to all mankind, to the whole family of Adam. We are all his offspring, have all one Father, and one God created ...

Jesus tells the story of the Lost Son to underscore the heavenly Father's love, seeking heart, and mercy towards sinners who stray, and his joy over them ...

This story is really about Luke's perception of the relation between gentiles and Jews in the household of God. It is Luke's description of the church as being ...