Luke 15:32 - Easy To Read Version

³² We must be happy and have a party; because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!

American Standard Version (1901)

³² 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.

Common English Bible

³² But we had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours was dead and is alive. He was lost and is found.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² But it was necessary to feast and to rejoice. For this brother of yours was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:32 Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Make me happy!\par Tell me how to be happy again.\par Let the bones you crushed be happy again!\par

Isaiah 35:10

God will make his people free! And those people will come back to him. The people will be happy when they come into Zion. {\cf2\super [333]} The people will be happy forever. Their happiness will be like a crown on their heads. Their gladness and joy will fill them completely. Sorrow and sadness will be gone far, far away.

Hosea 14:9

A wise person understands these things.\par A smart person should learn these things.\par The Lord’s ways are right.\par Good people will live by them.\par Sinners will die by them. {\cf2\super [153]} \par

Matthew 18:11

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Luke 15:24

My son was dead, but now he is alive again! He was lost, but now he is found!’ So they began to have a party.

Luke 15:31

But the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me. All that I have is yours too.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [139]} came eating \{like other people\} and drinking wine. And you say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine! He is a friend of the tax collectors {\cf2\super [140]} and other bad people!’

Romans 11:15

God turned away from the Jews. When that happened, God became friends with the other people in the world. So when God accepts the Jews, then surely that will bring to people life after death.

Romans 3:19

These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.

Romans 3:4

No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [26]} say: