Luke 15:32

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.

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

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.

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
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.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
ASV
But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again]; and [was] lost, and is found.
DARBY
But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.
BLB
But it was fitting to be merry and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and lived again; and he was lost and was found.’”
ÅB
men vi burde fryde og glede oss fordi denne din bror var død og er blitt levende, var tapt og er funnet.
OTB
Men det var nødvendig å feire og være glad, for denne broren din var som død, men nå er han levende igjen; han var mistet og er funnet.’»
B1930
men vi burde fryde og glede oss fordi denne din bror var død og er blitt levende, var tapt og er funnet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ephesians 2:1–10

    And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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  • Luke 15:24

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

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  • Isaiah 35:10

    And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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  • Romans 3:4

    God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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  • Psalms 51:8

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

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  • Romans 15:9–13

    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

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  • Jonah 4:10–11

    Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

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  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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