Luke 15:20

Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

In Context

19No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine,—Make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came unto his own father.

21And the son said unto him—Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine,— [make me as one of thy hired servants.]

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Cross References

Genesis 33:4Then ran Esau to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,—and they wept.

Genesis 46:29Then yoked Joseph his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father towards Goshen,—and he appeared unto him, and fell upon his neck, and wept upon his neck a good while.

Job 33:27He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;

Psalms 86:15But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.

Isaiah 49:15Can, a woman, forget, her sucking child, Past taking compassion on the son of her womb? Even these, may forget, Yet will, I, not forget, thee:

Isaiah 57:18His ways, have I beheld, That I might heal him,—And guide him, And restore consolations to him and to his mourners:

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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