Luke 15:26

And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

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In The King James Version

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

In Context

25Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

27And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

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Cross References

Acts 2:12And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →

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