Luke 15:23

And be bringing the fatted calf, sacrifice! and let us eat and make merry:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

In Context

22But the father said unto his servants—Quick! bring forth a robe—the best! and put on him, and get out a ring for his hand, and sandals for his feet.

24Because, this my son, was, dead, and hath come to life again, was lost, and is found. And they began to be making merry.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:7And unto the herd, ran Abraham,—and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready.

Proverbs 9:2hath slaughtered her beasts, hath mingled her wine, hath even set in order her table;

Isaiah 65:13Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,—Lo! my servants, shall eat but, ye, shall be famished, Lo! my servants, shall drink but, ye shall be thirsty,—Lo! my servants, shall rejoice but ye, shall turn pale;

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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