Luke 15:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And bring the fattened calf, kill it and let us eat and enjoy ourselves.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And bring out that [wheat-]fattened calf and kill it; and let us revel and feast and be happy and make merry,

American Standard Version (1901)

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

Common English Bible

Fetch the fattened calf and slaughter it. We must celebrate with feasting

Catholic Public Domain Version

And bring the fatted calf here, and kill it. And let us eat and hold a feast.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:

Luke 15:23 Cross References

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him. And put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Luke 15:24

For my son here was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again. He was lost [from me], but [now] is found.’ And they began to celebrate.