Luke 15:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But his older son was in the field; and as he returned and came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Common English Bible

“Now his older son was in the field. Coming in from the field, he approached the house and heard music and dancing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But his elder son was in the field. And when he returned and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:

Luke 15:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:14

And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

Psalm 126:1

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalm 150:4

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe.

Psalm 30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Jeremiah 31:4

Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

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.

Luke 15:26

And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

Luke 7:32

They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; which say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.