Luke 15:25

Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,

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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

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

26and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.

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Cross References

Psalms 126:1When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Psalms 150:4Praise him with timbrel and dance; praise him with strings and pipe.

Luke 15:11Then Jesus continued, “A 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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