Luke 15:24 - Revised Version 1885

²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Because this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! And they began to revel and feast and make merry.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Common English Bible

²⁴ because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life! He was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ For this son of mine was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to feast.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:24 Cross References

Genesis 45:28

and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

Isaiah 35:10

and the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 66:11

that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in judgement.

Ezekiel 34:4

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Mark 8:22

And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him.

Luke 10:19

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

Luke 15:23

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

Luke 15:25

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

Luke 15:32

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.

Luke 15:4

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

Luke 9:60

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

John 11:25

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live:

John 5:21

For as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son also quickeneth whom he will.

Romans 11:15

For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Romans 6:11

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:13

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

1 Corinthians 12:26

And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Ephesians 2:1

And you did he quicken, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

Colossians 2:13

And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he quicken together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

1 Timothy 5:6

But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

Jude 1:12

These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Revelation 3:1

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.