Luke 15:25
"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:14David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
Psalms 126:1A Song of Ascents.When the Lord brought back those who returned to Zion,we were like those who dream.
Psalms 150:4Praise him with tambourine and dancing!Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
Jeremiah 31:4Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
Luke 15:11He 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 →