Luke 15:29 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁹ So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, so many years I have been serving you and I never transgressed your commandment; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ But he answered his father, Look! These many years I have served you, and I have never disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me [so much as] a [little] kid, that I might revel and feast and be happy and make merry with my friends;

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Common English Bible

²⁹ He answered his father, ‘Look, I’ve served you all these years, and I never disobeyed your instruction. Yet you’ve never given me as much as a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And in response, he said to his father: 'Behold, I have been serving you for so many years. And I have never transgressed your commandment. And yet, you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might feast with my friends.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends:

Luke 15:29 Cross References

Matthew 20:12

saying, 'These last [men] have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.'

Luke 15:28

But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and began to plead with him.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fatted calf for him.'

Luke 15:7

I say to you that likewise [there] shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.

Luke 17:10

So likewise you, whenever you do all the things having been commanded to you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what we ought to do.' "

Luke 18:9

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the others:

Luke 19:21

For I feared you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

Romans 10:3

For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Romans 3:20

Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for through the law [comes] [the] knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:27

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. Through what law? Of works? No, but through the law of faith.

Romans 7:9

For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to him some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except he who receives it."'

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, 'I am wealthy, and have become rich, and have need of nothing'-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,