Luke 15:25
But his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard the sound of the singing of many.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
24For, this my son was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
26And he called to one of the boys, and asked him what it meant.
Cross References
Luke 15:11And Jesus said to them again: 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 →