To be "prodigal" is to be wastefully extravagant. Jesus is speaking to Pharisees who condemn His association with sinners. His point is that God seeks sinners ...

And he called one of the servants. One of the ministers of the word, one of the disciples of Christ, as the Scribes and Pharisees sometimes did: choosing ...

Jesus calls out their blasphemous unbelief and demonstrates that He is Who He claims to be by healing the paralytic, telling him to get up and go home.

The joy of God, and of all the angels, when one sinner comes home, is like the joy of a home when a coin which has stood between them and starvation has been ... Bridgeway Bible Commentary · Smith's Bible Commentary

The word meaning "probably" or "might" is left out of English translation. The word "to be" is translated as "meant" in the KJV and "was" in the NIV is the ...

So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on. New American Bible He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. NET Bible

It calls us to extend grace and forgiveness, just as we have received it from God. As we meditate on this verse and the parable as a whole, may we be reminded ...

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.

Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This third parable is often called "The Parable ...

The older brother represents the Pharisaical attitude that resents God's interest in sinners—the same attitude in the early church that looked suspiciously at ...