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Luke 15:31

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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!’

‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.

32 But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

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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.

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BSB
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
KJV
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
WEB
“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
ASV
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.
DARBY
But he said to him, Child, *thou* art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.
BLB
And he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and all that [is] mine is yours⁺.
ÅB
Men han sa til ham: Barn! du er alltid hos meg, og alt mitt er ditt;
OTB
‘Sønn,’ sa faren, ‘du er alltid hos meg, og alt jeg har er ditt.
B1930
Men han sa til ham: Barn! du er alltid hos mig, og alt mitt er ditt;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 7:27–28

    “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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  • Romans 11:1

    I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

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  • Romans 9:4

    the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

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  • Matthew 20:13–16

    But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

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  • Romans 11:35

    “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”

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  • Luke 19:22–23

    His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

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