Luke 15:30

but when this thy son came, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

In Context

29But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

Proverbs 29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

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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