Luke 15:23 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ 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)

²³ and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

Common English Bible

²³ Fetch the fattened calf and slaughter it. We must celebrate with feasting

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ 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

²³ And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:

English Standard Version 2016

²³ And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.

Luke 15:23 Cross References

Genesis 18:7

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Psalm 63:5

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Proverbs 9:2

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

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.

1 Samuel 28:24

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: