luke 15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

luke 15:28 "But he became angry, and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and [began] entreating him.

28. came his father out, and entreated him--"Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him" (Ps 103:13). As it is the elder brother who now errs, so it is the same paternal compassion which had fallen on the neck of the younger that comes forth and pleads with the elder.

luke 15:28 "But he became angry, and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and [began] entreating him.

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