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Luke 15:11
Study it in the app“And he said, “A certain man had two sons.”
The father welcomes the son who returned and throws a feastForgiveness
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:11, word by word
- he saidΕἶπενEipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “Eipen” appears- manἌνθρωπόςAnthrōpos
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “Anthrōpos” appears- hadεἶχενeichen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichen” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- sonsυἱούςhuious
son
A son.
Where else “huious” appears
The context
10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who changes his mind.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)