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Published / updated: 28 March 2006 | Author: Dele Oke

The Father heart of God

Luke 15 opens with both the Pharisees and Scribes complaining about Jesus eating with sinners.

The chapter is famous for the story of the prodigal son (verses 11-32). Of equal weight is the story of the lost coin and the woman who seeks it (verses 8-10).

Both the active seeking of a woman and the active waiting of a father are used by Jesus to illustrate the heart of God.

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