Luke 15:20
'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
Cross References
Genesis 33:4and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;
Genesis 46:29and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;
Job 33:27He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
Psalms 86:15And Thou, O Lord, [art] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
Isaiah 49:15Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one — the son of her womb? Yea, these forget — but I — I forget not thee.
Isaiah 57:18His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
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 →