Luke 15:24 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

My son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost but has been found.' Then they began to celebrate.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

DBY:

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

ERV:

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

WEY:

for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.

WBS:

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

WEB:

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

YLT:

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

Luke 15:24 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."

Luke 9:60 But He said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God."

Luke 15:32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'"

Romans 11:15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Ephesians 5:14 For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you."

Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,

1 Timothy 5:6 But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

15:24 For my son was dead, and is alive. See Eph 2:1-6. It was a spiritual resurrection.
They began to be merry. Gladness should be manifested by all saints at the repentance of sinners.

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:

Alive Celebrate Dead Full Joy Lost Merry

Alive Celebrate Dead Found Full Joy Lost Merry

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