Luke 15:28

Luke chapter 15 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

Context

v.27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

v.28This passage

v.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:

Cross references

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

  • Acts 13:45

    But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

  • Jonah 4:9

    And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

  • Acts 13:50

    But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

  • Acts 14:2

    But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

  • Luke 24:47

    and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

  • Acts 14:19

    But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.