Luke 15:23

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

24Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man: who made haste and boiled it.

Proverbs 9:2She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.

Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall 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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