Luke 15:23 - Tree of Life Version

²³ Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let’s celebrate with a feast!

More versions

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.

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:

Luke 15:23 Cross References

Genesis 18:7

Then to the herd Abraham ran and took a young ox, tender and good, and he gave it to the servant, who prepared it quickly.

Psalm 63:5

So I will bless You as long as I live. In Your name I lift up my hands.

Proverbs 15:17

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love, than a fattened ox where there is hatred.

Proverbs 9:2

She has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain, Adonai-Tzva’ot will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples— a banquet of aged wine— of rich food, of choice marrow, of aged wine well refined.

Luke 15:22

“But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him! Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

Luke 15:24

For this son of mine was dead and has come back to life—he was lost and is found!’ Then they began to celebrate.

1 Samuel 28:24

The woman had a fatted calf in the house, so she hurried and butchered it, and took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it.