Luke 15:23

And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, and let vs eate, and be merie:

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,

24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found. And they began to be merie.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7And Abraham ranne to the beastes, and tooke a tender and good calfe, and gaue it to the seruant, who hasted to make it ready.

Proverbs 9:2She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.

Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, my seruants shall eate, and ye shalbe hungrie: beholde, my seruants shall drinke, and ye shall be thirstie: beholde, my seruants shall reioyce, and ye shalbe ashamed.

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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