Luke 15:23

And bring the fatted calf here, and kill it. And let us eat and hold a feast.

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In The King James Version

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

In Context

22But the father said to his servants: ‘Quickly! Bring out the best robe, and clothe him with it. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.

24For this son of mine was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to feast.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7In truth, he himself ran to the herd, and he took a calf from there, very tender and very good, and he gave it to a servant, who hurried and boiled it.

Proverbs 9:2She has immolated her victims. She has mixed her wine and set forth her table.

Isaiah 65:13Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, my servants will eat, and you will be hungry. Behold, my servants will drink, and you will be thirsty.

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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