Luke 15:32 - Tree of Life Version

³² But it was right to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead but has come back to life! He was lost, but is found.’”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³² But we had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours was dead and is alive. He was lost and is found.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² But it was necessary to feast and to rejoice. For this brother of yours was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.' "

Luke 15:32 Cross References

Psalm 51:8

Surely You desire truth in the inner being. Make me know wisdom inwardly.

Isaiah 35:10

The ransomed of Adonai will return and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Hosea 14:9

Ephraim: “What more are idols to me? I have responded and observed Him. I will be like a luxuriant cypress tree. From me will be found Your fruit.”

Matthew 18:11

[footnote: Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost;]

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.

Luke 15:31

“Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that is mine is yours.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking. and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Romans 11:15

For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.

Romans 3:4

May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written, “that You may be righteous in Your words and prevail when You are judged.”