Luke 15:30

New English Translation

³⁰But when this son of yours^[a] came back, who has devoured^[b] your assets with prostitutes,^[c] you killed the fattened calf^[d] for him!’

Luke 15:30 sn Note the younger son is not “my brother” but this son of yours (an expression with a distinctly pejorative nuance).
Luke 15:30 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.
Luke 15:30 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.
Luke 15:30 sn See note on the phrase “fattened calf” in v. 23.

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