And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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Gill's Exposition
And he answering, said to his father,.... Commending himself, and reflecting on his father:
lo, these many years do I serve thee; for though he was called a son, yet differed little from a servant;…
Barnes' Notes
A kid - A young goat. This was of less value than the calf; and he complains that while his father had never given “him” a thing of so little value as “a kid,” he had now given his other son the…
Adam Clarke
Never - a kid - It is evident from Luk 15:12, that the father gave him his portion when his profligate brother claimed his; for he divided his whole substance between them. And though he had not…
We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to…
Cambridge Bible
do I serve thee Rather, I am thy slave. He does not say -Father:" and evidently regards the yoke not as perfect freedom but as distasteful bondage. The slave is ever dissatisfied; and this son worked…
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