Luke 15:25

And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

In Context

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

26and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:14And David is dancing with all [his] strength before YHWH, and David is girded with a linen ephod,

Psalms 126:1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. In YHWH’s turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, || We have been as dreamers.

Psalms 150:4Praise Him with timbrel and dance, || Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.

Jeremiah 31:4I build you again, || And you have been built, || O virgin of Israel, || You put on your tambourines again, || And have gone out in the chorus of the playful.

Luke 15:11And He said, “A certain man had two sons,

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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