Luke 15:28
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
27 ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
29 But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
30 But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
- KJV
- And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
- WEB
- But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.
- ASV
- But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.
- DARBY
- But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.
- BLB
- But he was angry and was not willing to go in. And his father, having gone, was imploring him.
- ÅB
- Da ble han vred og ville ikke gå inn. Hans far gikk da ut og talte vennlig til ham;
- OTB
- Den eldste broren ble sint og ville ikke gå inn. Så faren gikk ut og bønnfalt ham.
- B1930
- Da blev han vred og vilde ikke gå inn. Hans far gikk da ut og talte vennlig til ham;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 18:8
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
Read in contextJonah 4:9
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
Read in contextGenesis 4:5–7
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Read in contextLuke 15:2
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Read in contextLuke 7:39
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
Read in contextIsaiah 65:5
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
Read in contextJonah 4:1–4
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
Read in contextLuke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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