Luke 15:23

Then bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast!

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22The father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet.

24For my son was dead, and now he is alive. He was lost, and now he is found.' Then they began to celebrate.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7Then Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf that was tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

Proverbs 9:2She has slaughtered her animals; she has mixed her wine; 1 and she has set her table. 1

Isaiah 65:13This is what the Lord Yahweh says, 1 “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; 1 look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; 1 look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. 1

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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