Luke 15:28

And he was angry, and would not go in. And his father came forth and besought him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

In Context

27He said to him, Thy brother hath come, and thy father hath killed the calf that was fat, because he hath received him well.

29But he said to his father, Behold, how many years have I wrought thee service, and never have I transgressed thy commandment: yet never hast thou given me a kid, that I might feast with my friends.

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Cross References

Luke 5:30And the Sophree and Pharishee murmured, saying to his disciples, Why with tribute-takers and sinners eat you and drink?

Luke 13:34Urishlem, Urishlem! killing the prophets, and stoning them that are sent to her, what times would I have gathered thy sons as the hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and you willed not!

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And 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. 13 And 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. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →

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