Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Devoured

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Luke 15:32
It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.'"
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other menextortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Devoured

Luke 15:13
Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.

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Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."