Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. New Living Translation To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. English Standard Version And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. Berean Standard Bible Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. Berean Literal Bible And He said, "A certain man had two sons. King James Bible And he said, A certain man had two sons: New King James Version Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. New American Standard Bible And He said, “A man had two sons. NASB 1995 And He said, “A man had two sons. NASB 1977 And He said, “A certain man had two sons; Legacy Standard Bible And He said, “A man had two sons. Amplified Bible Then He said, “A certain man had two sons. Christian Standard Bible He also said, “A man had two sons. Holman Christian Standard Bible He also said: “A man had two sons. American Standard Version And he said, A certain man had two sons: Contemporary English Version Jesus told them yet another story: Once a man had two sons. English Revised Version And he said, A certain man had two sons: GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons. Good News Translation Jesus went on to say, "There was once a man who had two sons. International Standard Version Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons. Majority Standard Bible Then Jesus said, ?There was a man who had two sons. NET Bible Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons. New Heart English Bible He said, "A certain man had two sons. Webster's Bible Translation And he said, A certain man had two sons: Weymouth New Testament He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons. World English Bible He said, “A certain man had two sons. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd He said, “A certain man had two sons, Berean Literal Bible And He said, "A certain man had two sons. Young's Literal Translation And he said, 'A certain man had two sons, Smith's Literal Translation And he said, A certain man had two sons: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he said: A certain man had two sons: Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: “A certain man had two sons. New American Bible Then he said, “A man had two sons, New Revised Standard Version Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Jesus said to them again, A man had two sons; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Yeshua said to them again, “One man had two sons.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentThen he said: A certain man had two sons. Godbey New Testament And He said, Haweis New Testament Then he said, A certain man had two sons: Mace New Testament Again he said: a certain man had two sons; Weymouth New Testament He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons. Worrell New Testament And He said, Worsley New Testament And He said, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Prodigal Son10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.” 11Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.… Cross References Matthew 21:28-32 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ / ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went. / Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go. ... Matthew 18:12-14 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? / And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. / In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. Genesis 37:11-28 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said. / Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem. / Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied. ... 2 Samuel 12:1-7 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. / The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, / but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him. ... Hosea 11:1-4 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. / But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. / It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them. ... Romans 5:8-10 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. / Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! / For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Galatians 4:1-7 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything. / He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father. / So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. ... Ephesians 2:1-5 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. / All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. ... 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 34:11-16 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. / As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. / I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land. ... Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 1 Peter 2:25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. Treasury of Scripture And he said, A certain man had two sons: Matthew 21:23-31 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? … Jump to Previous Continued JesusJump to Next Continued JesusLuke 15 1. The parable of the lost sheep;8. of the piece of silver; 11. of the prodigal son. Then Jesus said, This phrase introduces a parable, a teaching method frequently used by Jesus to convey deep spiritual truths through simple stories. Parables were a common rabbinic teaching tool in first-century Judaism, designed to provoke thought and self-reflection. Jesus often used parables to reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom of God to those willing to hear and understand (Matthew 13:10-17). “There was a man who had two sons. Persons / Places / Events 1. JesusThe speaker of the parable, Jesus uses this account to teach about God's grace and forgiveness. 2. The Man (Father) Represents God the Father, characterized by his love, patience, and forgiveness. 3. The Two Sons Symbolize different responses to God's love and grace. The younger son represents sinners who repent, while the older son represents those who are self-righteous. 4. The Household Represents the Kingdom of God, where both sons have a place, but their relationship with the father differs. 5. The Inheritance A key element in the account, symbolizing the blessings and responsibilities given by God. Teaching Points Understanding God's GraceThe father's response to both sons highlights the boundless grace and forgiveness of God. We are reminded that no matter how far we stray, God is always ready to welcome us back. Repentance and Restoration The younger son's journey illustrates the importance of repentance. True repentance leads to restoration and reconciliation with God. Self-Righteousness and Humility The older son's attitude warns against self-righteousness. We must guard against pride and remember that all are in need of God's grace. The Joy of Reconciliation The celebration upon the younger son's return emphasizes the joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. We should share in this joy and seek to reconcile with others. Family and Community The parable encourages us to reflect on our relationships within our families and communities, promoting forgiveness and understanding.(11) And he said, A certain man had two sons.--We enter here on one of the parables which are not only peculiar to St. Luke's Gospel, but have something of a different character, as giving more than those we find in the other Gospels, the incidents of a story of common daily life. As with the Good Samaritan, it seems open to us to believe that it rested on a substratum of facts that had actually occurred. It is obvious that in the then social state of Palestine, brought into contact as the Jews were with the great cities of the Roman empire, such a history as that here recorded must have been but too painfully familiar. In the immediate application of the parable, the father is the great Father of the souls of men; the elder son represents the respectably religious Pharisees; the younger stands for the class of publicans and sinners. In its subsequent developments it applies to the two types of character which answers to these in any age or country. On a wider scale, but with a less close parallelism, the elder son may stand for Israel according to the flesh; the younger for the whole heathen world. Looking back to the genealogies of Genesis 5:10; Genesis 9:18, and even (according to the true construction of the words) Genesis 10:21, they correspond respectively to the descendants of Shem and those of Japheth. It is obvious from the whole structure of the parable that the elder son cannot represent the unfallen part of God's creation; and, so far as it goes, this tells against that interpretation of the ninety and nine sheep, or the nine pieces of silver. Verse 11. - And he said, A certain man had two sons. It seems probable that this and the two preceding shorter parables were spoken by the Lord on the same occasion, towards the latter part of this slow solemn journeying to the holy city to keep his last Passover. The mention of the publicans and sinners in ver. 1 seems to point to some considerable city, or its immediate vicinity, as the place where these famous parables were spoken. This parable, as it is termed, of the prodigal sou completes the trilogy. Without it the Master's formal apologia for his life and work would be incomplete, and the rebuke of the Pharisaic selfishness and censoriousness would have been left unfinished. In the apologia much had still to be said concerning the limitless love and the boundless pity of God. In the rebuke the two first parables had shown the Pharisee party and the rulers of Israel how they ought to have acted: this third story shows them how they did act. But the Church of Christ - as each successive generation read this exquisite and true story - soon lost sight of all the temporal and national signification at first connected with it. The dweller in the cold and misty North feels that it belongs to him as it does to the Syrian, revelling in his almost perpetual summer, to whom it was first spoken. It is a story of the nineteenth century just as it was a story of the first. We may, with all reverence, think of the Divine Master, as he unfolded each successive scene which portrayed human sin and suffering, and heavenly pity and forgiveness, man's selfish pride and God's all-embracing love, passing into another and broader sphere than that bounded by the Arabian deserts to the south and the Syrian mountains to the north, forgetting for a moment the little Church of the Hebrews, and speaking to the great Church of the future - the Church of the world, to which, without doubt, this Catholic parable of the prodigal, in all its sublime beauty and exquisite pathos, with all its exhaustless wealth of comfort, belongs.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thenδέ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. [Jesus] said, Εἶπεν (Eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “[There was] a τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. man Ἄνθρωπός (Anthrōpos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. who had εἶχεν (eichen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. two δύο (dyo) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'. sons. υἱούς (huious) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. 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