...thy commandment ; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends ; 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured...harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. SI And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have, is thine. 32 It was meet...

...sin. a kid, of less value than a calf. my friends — who are might make merry with my friends : 80 eptional case (see above), we strive 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 3a It was meet that...

...that his father seemed to despise all his other children, and to reckon this prodigal only his son — as soon as this thy son was come, which, hath devoured...harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. The father meekly replied, son, as thou hast never been absent from me for any considerable time, I...

...these words are sufficient. Sec note ["] p. 80. • 9. 28. « v. 29, 30. this THT SON was come, who hath devoured thy * living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf." Here is ostentation of his own obedience ; a charge of unkindness against his father ; aggravation...

...wilh my friends : but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlotjt thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, son, ihou art erer ivith me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be...

...serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment, and yet thou never gavest me a kid ; but as soon as this thy' son was come, which hath...harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf." Here is first his long service in the oldness of the letter ; he never transgressed, which is an ai>...

...me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this thy son was come, who Jiath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.' And he said unto hrra, ' Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry,...

...at any time thy commandments, but as soon as this thy son hath returned, who scrupled not to devour thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf! But the gracious, the parental Deity, kindly passeth over this, I had almost said insolent language...

...which his father came out and intreated him; but he replied, Lof these many years do I serve tliee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment,...harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. Luke xv. 29, &c. His father, with the most amiable condescending tenderness, replied, Son thou art...

...father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandments : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make...harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf." Here, in the statement, " these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy...