Luke 15:27

And, he, said unto him,—Thy brother, hath come, and thy father hath sacrificed the fatted calf, because, safe and sound, hath he received him back.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 near one of the youths, he inquired what these things, could be.

28But he was provoked to anger, and would not go in. And, his father, coming out, began to entreat him.

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Cross References

Acts 9:17And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and, laying upon him his hands, said—Saul, brother! The Lord, hath sent me,—Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way by which thou wast coming,—that thou mayest recover sight, and be filled with Holy Spirit.

Philemon 1:16No longer as a servant, but above a servant—a brother beloved, very greatly to me, but, how much rather, to 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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