Luke Chapter 15 verse 28 Holy Bible
But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.
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But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.
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But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.
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And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
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But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.
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`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - Therefore came his father out, and entreated him. The disapprobation of Jesus for Pharisee opinions was very marked, yet here and elsewhere his treatment of them, with a few exceptional cases, was generally very gentle and loving. There was something in their excessive devotion to the letter of the Divine Law, to the holy temple, to the proud traditions of their race, that was admirable. It was a love to God, but a love all marred and blurred. It was a patriotism, but a patriotism utterly mistaken. The elder brother here was a representative of the great and famous sect, both in its fair and repulsive aspect, in its moral severity and correctness, in its harshness and exclusive pride. The father condescended to entreat this angry elder son; and Jesus longed to win these proud mistaken Pharisees.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) And he was angry, and would not go in.--This, then, was the first feeling. He who professed obedience to his father is out of harmony with his father's mind. He "shuts love out," and, as by a righteous judgment, is himself "shut out from love."
