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The younger of them said to his father, `Father, give me my share of your property.` He divided his living to them.
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A Heart Already Gone
Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon and Calvin, highlight that the son's request for his inheritance was a symptom of a deeper issue. His heart was already alienated and desired independence from his father. This reflects a core human sin: the foolish ambition to live apart from God's loving authority. The physical departure only followed the spiritual one.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the younger of them said. By this younger son, we are to understand the publicans and sinners to be represented. By the elder, the Pha…
The portion (το μερος). The Jewish law alloted one-half as much to the younger son as to the elder, that is to say one-third of th…
19th Century
Anglican
The younger of them said to his father.—In its bearing on individual life, the younger son represents the temperament that is eage…
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Baptist
And he said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that faileth to me. A…
The “share of the estate” that a younger son would receive on the death of the father would be one-third, because the older son received two-thirds…
16th Century
Protestant
And the younger of them said to his father. The parable opens by describing a mark of wicked arrogance in the youth, which appears in his …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the younger of them said to his father God's chosen ones among the publicans and sinners, are fitly signified by the young…
The parable of the prodigal son shows the nature of repentance and the Lord's readiness to welcome and bless all who return to him. It fully sets f…
