Luke 15:30

Now this son of yours comes back, having spent your money on prostitutes, and you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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In The King James Version

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

In Context

29He told his father, ‘Look, all these years I've served you, and never disobeyed you, but you never once gave me even a young goat so I could have a party with my friends.

31‘Son,’ the father replied, ‘you are always here with me. Everything I have is yours.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7Then the Lord told Moses, “Get back down, because your people that you brought out of Egypt are acting immorally.

Proverbs 29:3A man who loves wisdom makes his father happy, but one who visits prostitutes throws away his money.

Luke 15:22But the father told his servants, ‘Quick—bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood up and prayed to himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—cheats, criminals, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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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