Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ...
In essence, God says there are two ways of life open to us: one means blessedness, happiness, and fruitfulness, but the other means cursedness, ...
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you...
Now he tells the longest and most famous of the parables: The Parable of the Prodigal Son, or the Lost Son. May we find...