Luke 15:23

and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,

Literal Standard Version

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 the foremost robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

24because this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7and Abraham ran to the herd, and takes a son of the herd, tender and good, and gives to the young man, and he hurries to prepare it;

Proverbs 9:2She has slaughtered her slaughter, || She has mingled her wine, || Indeed, she has arranged her table.

Isaiah 65:13Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “Behold, My servants eat, and you hunger, || Behold, My servants drink, and you thirst, || Behold, My servants rejoice, and you are ashamed,

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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