Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 15:16-17

"And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father`s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!" — Luke 15:16-17 (ASV)

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

"I, his son, perish with hunger, when there is not only enough in my father's house for his children, but for his hirelings, too; indeed, and some to spare after that." Bread enough and to spare. This was the thought which drew the prodigal home, and it ought to draw sinners to Christ. There is, in the gospel, bread enough and to spare.

You know how some would, if they could, contract the provisions of grace and argue that there is bread enough, but they say that if there is anything to spare, it will be a waste. Why, it is that spare bread that is God's bait to catch poor souls with when they are cast down; "for," say they, "if it is to spare, then, even if my father is angry with me, he will not deny me the spare bread for which there is no use, so I may indeed go and ask for a portion of it."