GOSPEL READING: LUKE 15:1-3, 11-32
This parable is an answer to the Pharisees. They questioned him regarding his link with the tax collectors and sinners. Tax collectors were socially wrong-doers (they collected tax for the Romans and indirectly they welcomed Roman rule which again indirectly denied the rule of God). Sinners were morally wrong (they did not practice the religion particularly they did not practice the Mosaic religion and the traditions that followed).
The parable which Jesus was addressing them with was to tell them that God was waiting for the return of the sinners. God wanted them to come back to him. He was waiting for them. But the leaders were not allowing them to return nor did they help in any way to help them to return. Instead they tried to prevent them from entering into religion.
பரிசேயருக்கும்> மறைநூல் அறிஞருக்கும் இந்த உவமையைச் சொல்லுகிறார். அவர்களுடைய மனநிலை மன்னிப்பை வழங்காத மனநிலை. ஆனால் அவர்கள் வழிபடும் கடவுளின் மனநிலை வேறு. பாவிகள் மனம்திரும்பி வரவேண்டும் என்றும் அவர்களுக்காக காத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும் மனநிலைதான் கடவுளின் மனநிலை.
