Luke 15:25

Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

26And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:14And Dauid danced before the Lord with al his might, and was girded with a linnen Ephod.

Psalms 126:1A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. When ye Lord brought againe the captiuitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.

Psalms 150:4Prayse ye him with timbrell and flute: praise ye him with virginales and organs.

Jeremiah 31:4Againe I will builde thee, and thou shalt be builded, O virgine Israel: thou shalt stil be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt goe foorth in the dance of them that be ioyfull.

Luke 15:11He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

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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