Luke 15:27

And he said to him, Because thy brother has come; and thy father has slain the fatted calf, because he received him sound.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

In Context

26And calling one of the servants, asked him what these things might be.

28And he was angry, and did not wish to come in: and his father having gone out, continued to intreat him. And responding he said to the father,

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Cross References

Acts 9:17And Ananias departed, and came into the house: and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, that appeared to you in the way in which thou didst come, hath sent me, that thou mayest look up, and he filled with the Holy Ghost.

Philemon 1:16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a brother beloved, especially to me, and much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord:

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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