Devine Scripture

Luke 15:24

Luke chapter 15 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Context

v.23and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

v.24This passage

v.25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 31:12

    And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

  • Luke 10:19

    Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

  • Ezekiel 34:16

    I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

  • Ephesians 5:14

    Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

  • John 11:25

    Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

  • Romans 8:2

    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.