Luke 15:30
ContextNETBible | But when this son of yours 1 came back, who has devoured 2 your assets with prostitutes, 3 you killed the fattened calf 4 for him!’ |
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1 sn Note the younger son is not “my brother” but this son of yours (an expression with a distinctly pejorative nuance). 2 sn This is another graphic description. The younger son’s consumption had been like a glutton. He had both figuratively and literally devoured the assets which were given to him. 3 sn The charge concerning the prostitutes is unproven, but essentially the older brother accuses the father of committing an injustice by rewarding his younger son’s unrighteous behavior. 4 sn See note on the phrase “fattened calf” in v. 23. |