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Luke 15:32

But it was proper for us to feast and be happy, for this brother of yours was dead, and is now alive; he was lost, and has now been found.'”

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In The King James Version

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

In Context

31The father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:10The ransomed of Yahweh will return 1 and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads; 1 gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Jonah 4:10Yahweh said, “You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.

Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, he is a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Romans 3:4May it never be. Instead, let God be found to be true, even though every man is a liar. As it has been written, 1 “That you might be shown to be righteous in your words, 1 and that you might prevail when you come into judgment.”

Romans 15:9and for the Gentiles to glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, 1 “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles 1 and sing praise to your name.”

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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