Luke 15:23

and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;

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

In Context

22But the father turned to his servants and said ‘Be quick and fetch a robe – the very best – and put it on him; give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet;

24for here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.’ So they began making merry.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a calf that was tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he prepared it quickly.

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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