Luke 15:23

And bryng [hyther] that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

Bible (Bishops')

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 saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:

24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7And Abraham runnyng vnto his beastes, fet a calfe tender and good, and gaue it vnto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once.

Proverbs 9:2She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table:

Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Beholde, my seruauntes shall eate, but ye shall haue hunger: beholde, my seruauntes shall drinke, but ye shall suffer thirst: beholde, my seruauntes shalbe merie, but ye shalbe confounded:

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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