Luke 15:32

But it was fit we should be merry and rejoice; for this thy brother was dead, and is come to life again, was lost and is found.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

In Context

31And he said unto him, Son, thou art always with me, and all that I have is thine.

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Cross References

Luke 7:34the Son of man is come eating and drinking like other men, and ye call Him a gluttonous man and a wine bibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners.

Romans 3:4God forbid: yea, let God be acknowledged true, though every man be a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome, when thou judgest.

Romans 15:9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this cause will I celebrate Thee among the Gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name."

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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