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Luke 15:31

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29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and 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)

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Cross references

  • Mark 7:27–28

    But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

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  • Romans 11:1

    I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  • Romans 9:4

    Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

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  • Matthew 20:13–16

    But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

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  • Romans 11:35

    Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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  • Luke 19:22–23

    And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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