Luke 15:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 15:32 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Isaiah 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
- Jonah 4:10But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
- Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
- Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Romans 15:9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
- Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
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