Luke 15:23

and bring, kill the calf that is fat, and let us eat and be glad;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22But his father said to his servants, Bring forth the first robe to clothe him, and put a ring upon his hand, and let him be, shod with sandals,

24for this my son was dead, and he is alive; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

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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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