Luke 15:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.”
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BSBPD
“Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and having brought the fatted calf, kill <FI>it<Fi> , and having eaten, we may be merry,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 15:23 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:7Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
- Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Proverbs 9:2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
- Matthew 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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