Study it in the app“But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I have been slaving for you, and I never broke your command, and to me you never gave a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends;”
Butδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςandsaidεἶπενto his father,τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ‘Look,Ἰδοὺso manyτοσαῦταyearsἔτηI have been slaving forδουλεύωyou,σοιandκαὶI neverοὐδέποτεbrokeπαρῆλθονyour command,ἐντολήν σουandκαὶto meἐμοὶyou neverοὐδέποτεgaveἔδωκαςa young goatἔριφονso thatἵναI might celebrateεὐφρανθῶwithμετὰmy friends;τῶν φίλων μου
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearsparents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patri” appearsso much, so great
So much, so great.
Where else “tosauta” appearsyear
Year.
Where else “etē” appearsbe a slave
Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.
Where else “douleuō” appearsnever
Never.
Where else “oudepote” appearsdisobey
To neglect a command.
Where else “parēlthon” appearsorder
What a human authority orders to be done.
Where else “entolēn” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōkas” appearsyoung goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “eriphon” appearscelebrate
To feast and rejoice together.
Where else “euphranthō” appearsfriend
Friend.
Where else “philōn” appears28But he became angry and was not willing to go in. And his father came out and was pleading with him.
29 · This verse (above)
30but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’
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)
