The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
Cross References
Jonah 4:1Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
Mark 1:40Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
Luke 15:27Your brother has returned,' he said, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.'
Luke 15:29But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Treasury of Scripture
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.
he.
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
therefore.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Genesis 4:5-7
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell…