| Luke 15:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let's celebrate with a feast.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: |
| ASV: | and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: |
| BBE: | And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. |
| DBY: | and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: |
| ERV: | and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: |
| WEY: | Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves; |
| WBS: | And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: |
| WEB: | Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; |
| YLT: | and having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we may be merry, |
| Luke 15:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Luke 15:22 "But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
Luke 15:24 for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 15:23 Bring hither the fatted calf. For a feast of welcome. To make such preparations was common in the simple life of the East. See Ge 18:6-8. |
| WES: | 15:23 Let us be merry - Both here, and wherever else this word occurs, whether in the Old or New Testament, it implies nothing of levity, but a solid, serious, religious, heartfelt joy: indeed this was the ordinary meaning of the word two hundred years ago, when our translation was made. |
| MHC: | 15:17-24 Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins by his coming to himself. That is a turning point in the sinner's conversion. The Lord opens his eyes, and convinces him of sin; then he views himself and every object, in a different light from what he did before. Thus the convinced sinner perceives that the meanest servant of God is happier than he is. To look unto God as a Father, and our Father, will be of great use in our repentance and return to him. The prodigal arose, nor stopped till he reached his home. Thus the repenting sinner resolutely quits the bondage of Satan and his lusts, and returns to God by prayer, notwithstanding fears and discouragements. The Lord meets him with unexpected tokens of his forgiving love. Again; the reception of the humbled sinner is like that of the prodigal. He is clothed in the robe of the Redeemer's righteousness, made partaker of the Spirit of adoption, prepared by peace of conscience and gospel grace to walk in the ways of holiness, and feasted with Divine consolations. Principles of grace and holiness are wrought in him, to do, as well as to will. |
| CONC: | Bring Calf Celebrate Death Eat Eaten Enjoy Fat Fatted Fattened Feast Fetch Glad Hither Kill Let's Merry Ourselves Ox |
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