Luke 15:27

And he said, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed for him the stall-fed steer, because he hath received him in health.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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, he inquired what these things meant.

28Then he was in great wrath, and would not enter the doors: therefore his father came out, and entreated him.

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Cross References

Acts 9:17Then went Ananias, and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who was seen by thee in the way that thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest recover thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Philemon 1:16no longer as a slave, but above a slave, as a brother beloved, especially by me, but how much more by thee, 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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