Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
King James Version
In Context
24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Psalms 126:1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Psalms 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Luke 15:11And he said, A certain man had two sons:
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 →