Luke 15

Luke 15 is not merely a chapter about lost things being found. It is a chapter about the heart of God and the exposure of religious resentment.

فتح تفسير الإصحاح

Luke 15 is told because grace has become offensive to religious people. The chapter opens with Pharisees and scribes grumbling that Jesus receives sinners and eats with them, which means the parables that follow are not abstract lessons about recovery. They are Christ’s answer to resentful righteousness. In Luke 15:1-7 and again in Luke 15:8-10, heaven’s joy over one sinner who repents is set against the cold calculations of those who believe nearness to God should be reserved for the deserving. Then the chapter deepens into the parable of the two sons. In Luke 15:11-24, the younger son runs outward into visible ruin, and the Father’s welcome is scandalously free. But the chapter is not finished there. In Luke 15:25-32, the elder brother shows that a person may remain outwardly near and yet stand inwardly alienated from the Father’s heart. He does not love grace because he does not think he needs it. Luke 15 matters because it exposes two lostnesses at once: rebellion that runs far away and righteousness that stays close while remaining proud. The chapter asks not only whether you have wandered, but whether you can rejoice when mercy reaches those you would rather keep outside.

How the chapter unfolds

The chapter moves through the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost sons, each deepening the joy of recovery and the scandal of grace.

Why this chapter matters

It matters because it reveals that grace not only welcomes the ruined. It also confronts the self-righteous who despise such mercy.

Interpretive tension to watch

Do not stop at the younger son. The chapter is also aimed at the elder brother heart that can remain outwardly near and inwardly far.

أسئلة لهذا الفصل

  • Why does Luke 15 begin with religious people grumbling before Jesus tells any of the parables?
  • How do the three movements of loss and recovery expose both obvious ruin and hidden self-righteousness?
  • What does the elder brother reveal about a heart that remains near the Father’s house while resisting the Father’s joy?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

1 Ἦσαν δὲ ἐγγίζοντες αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ. 2 Καὶ διεγόγγυζον οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς λέγοντες ὅτι Οὗτος ἁμαρτωλοὺς προσδέχεται, καὶ συνεσθίει αὐτοῖς. 3 Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην, λέγων, 4 Τίς ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὑμῶν ἔχων ἑκατὸν πρόβατα, καὶ ἀπολέσας ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν, οὐ καταλείπει τὰ ἐννενηκονταεννέα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ πορεύεται ἐπὶ τὸ ἀπολωλός, ἕως εὕρῃ αὐτό; 5 Καὶ εὑρὼν ἐπιτίθησιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους ἑαυτοῦ χαίρων. 6 Καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς τὸν οἶκον, συγκαλεῖ τοὺς φίλους καὶ τοὺς γείτονας, λέγων αὐτοῖς, Συγχάρητέ μοι, ὅτι εὗρον τὸ πρόβατόν μου τὸ ἀπολωλός. 7 Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὕτω χαρὰ ἔσται ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι, ἢ ἐπὶ ἐννενηκονταεννέα δικαίοις, οἵτινες οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσι μετανοίας. 8 Ἢ τίς γυνὴ δραχμὰς ἔχουσα δέκα, ἐὰν ἀπολέσῃ δραχμὴν μίαν, οὐχὶ ἅπτει λύχνον, καὶ σαροῖ τὴν οἰκίαν, καὶ ζητεῖ ἐπιμελῶς ἕως ὅτου εὕρῃ; 9 Καὶ εὑροῦσα συγκαλεῖται τὰς φίλας καὶ τὰς γείτονας, λέγουσα, Συγχάρητέ μοι, ὅτι εὗρον τὴν δραχμὴν ἣν ἀπώλεσα. 10 Οὕτω, λέγω ὑμῖν, χαρὰ γίνεται ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι. 11 Εἶπε δέ, Ἄνθρωπός τις εἶχε δύο υἱούς· 12 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ νεώτερος αὐτῶν τῷ πατρί, Πάτερ, δός μοι τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μέρος τῆς οὐσίας. Καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτοῖς τὸν βίον. 13 Καὶ μετ᾿ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν ἅπαντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακράν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισε τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ, ζῶν ἀσώτως. 14 Δαπανήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ πάντα, ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἰσχυρὸς κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην, καὶ αὐτὸς ἤρξατο ὑστερεῖσθαι. 15 Καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐκολλήθη ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης· καὶ ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς ἀγροὺς αὐτοῦ βόσκειν χοίρους. 16 Καὶ ἐπεθύμει γεμίσαι τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν κερατίων ὧν ἤσθιον οἱ χοῖροι· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδίδου αὐτῷ. 17 Εἰς ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἐλθὼν εἶπε, Πόσοι μίσθιοι τοῦ πατρός μου περισσεύουσιν ἄρτων, ἐγὼ δὲ λιμῷ ἀπόλλυμαι· 18 ἀναστὰς πορεύσομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου, καὶ ἐρῶ αὐτῷ, Πάτερ, ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐνώπιόν σου· 19 καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου· ποίησόν με ὡς ἕνα τῶν μισθίων σου. 20 Καὶ ἀναστὰς ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτοῦ. Ἔτι δὲ αὐτοῦ μακρὰν ἀπέχοντος, εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη, καὶ δραμὼν ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν. 21 Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ υἱός, Πάτερ, ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου. 22 Εἶπε δὲ ὁ πατὴρ πρὸς τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ, Ἐξενέγκατε τὴν στολὴν τὴν πρώτην καὶ ἐνδύσατε αὐτόν, καὶ δότε δακτύλιον εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑποδήματα εἰς τοὺς πόδας· 23 καὶ ἐνέγκαντες τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτὸν θύσατε, καὶ φαγόντες εὐφρανθῶμεν· 24 ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησε· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη. Καὶ ἤρξαντο εὐφραίνεσθαι. 25 Ἦν δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐν ἀγρῷ· καὶ ὡς ἐρχόμενος ἤγγισε τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἤκουσε συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν. 26 Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων, ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη ταῦτα. 27 Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι Ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἥκει· καὶ ἔθυσεν ὁ πατήρ σου τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτόν, ὅτι ὑγιαίνοντα αὐτὸν ἀπέλαβεν. 28 Ὠργίσθη δέ, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν εἰσελθεῖν· ὁ οὖν πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐξελθὼν παρεκάλει αὐτόν. 29 Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε τῷ πατρί, Ἰδού, τοσαῦτα ἔτη δουλεύω σοι, καὶ οὐδέποτε ἐντολήν σου παρῆλθον, καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐδέποτε ἔδωκας ἔριφον, ἵνα μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου εὐφρανθῶ. 30 Ὅτε δὲ ὁ υἱός σου οὗτος ὁ καταφαγών σου τὸν βίον μετὰ πορνῶν ἦλθεν, ἔθυσας αὐτῷ τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτόν. 31 Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Τέκνον, σὺ πάντοτε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἶ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμὰ σά ἐστιν. 32 Εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει· ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησε· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη.

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الكتاب المقدس الدراسي

ملاحظات عدد بعدد

الأعداد 15:1-10 Deep

Heaven’s joy exposes how cold religious hearts can become toward repentance

فتح

Luke 15 begins with grumbling religious observers and answering stories from Jesus. The shepherd and the woman do not portray reluctant mercy. They display a searching, rejoicing mercy that shames those who can discuss holiness while resenting rescue.

مقاطع رئيسية
الأعداد 15:11-24 Deep

The younger son is not only ruined by sin but awakened by mercy

فتح

The prodigal does not return because he has become noble. He comes to himself in famine and moves toward the father under mixed motives. Yet the father’s running welcome makes clear that repentance meets a mercy already moving outward.

مقاطع رئيسية
الأعداد 15:25-32 Deep

The elder brother reveals a righteousness that never learned the father’s heart

فتح

The chapter does not end with scandalous rebellion but with offended respectability. The elder brother proves that a person may remain near the father’s house while being far from the father’s joy. That is the chapter’s sharpest mirror.

🔥 Revelation

Lostness can wear rebellion, but it can also wear wounded moral superiority. Jesus exposes both.

مقاطع رئيسية
خلفية ورؤى لغوية تفاصيل اللغة الأصلية والخلفية الثقافية ولماذا تغير قراءة هذا الإصحاح.
الخلفية

السياق الثقافي

Luke 15 · Honor-shame household world انتقل إلى النص

Inheritance, public honor, and household reputation were deeply social realities. A son’s departure and return would carry communal shame and visible cost.

Modern readers can sentimentalize the parable and miss how shocking the father’s public welcome and the elder brother’s resentment would be.

It helps the chapter land as a revelation of costly mercy and exposed self-righteousness inside a world obsessed with honor.

مقاطع رئيسية
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