Luke chapter 15

vs 11

Note that this parable is a continuation of the previous sentiments. We had a lost sheep and a lost coin, before.

vs 12

This is a bit rude - he's not even dead yet, and the boy is basically saying "Father, the most valuable thing you are to me is an inheritance waiting to happen". Probably worth noting that it's the younger son - the older one, being the heir, is probably more responsible.

vs 13

People really do this. Some people just have no idea of saving for times of need. Then their industry bottoms out or something, and they're suddenly poor.

vs 14

As I said.

vs 15

This is the lowest and crappiest job for a jew ever. Not only is he in some far off land, working for a gentile, but he's feeding the gentile's pigs - and pigs are unclean for jews!

vs 16

He was so hungry, he wanted to eat what he was feeding the pigs. But there was a famine, and he couldn't even get that.

vs 17

Suddenly he realises that his father's servants are better off than he is.

vs 18-19

He is aware of the destruction he has wrought to the relationship, and so he is not going back to get a hug and make it all better. He is assuming the position of a servant, not a son. This is a picture of true repentance - pleading for acceptance at any level, and recognising that he was in the wrong.

vs 20

What the son did not realise was the love of a father regardless of the pain and anguish that his children bring him.

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