Luke 15:23 - Plain English Version

²³ And get a fat young cow, and kill it, and cook the meat, so we can all have a big party.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Luke 15:23 Cross References

Genesis 18:7

Then he ran to his mob of cows and picked out a really good young cow. He gave it to one of his work-men and said, “Quick, kill this young cow, and cook it for our visitors.”

Luke 15:22

But his father said to his workers there, ‘Go and get some really good clothes and put them on him. And be quick. And get him a ring for his finger, and get some shoes for his feet.

Luke 15:24

You see, my son got himself lost, but now I have found him. I thought he was gone for ever, like he was dead, but now he came back to me, and it is like he came alive again.’ So those workers did what he told them to do, and they had a big party.

1 Samuel 28:24

There was a fat young cow at that place. It belonged to the woman, and she quickly killed it. While the meat was cooking, she got some flour and cooked a flat damper.