Luke 15:30

New American Bible - revised edition

But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’

Cross References

Exodus 32:11

But Moses implored the Lord, his God, saying, “Why, O Lord, should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

Exodus 32:7

Then the Lord said to Moses: Go down at once because your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoever loves wisdom gives joy to his father, but whoever consorts with harlots squanders his wealth.

Mark 12:44

For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.”

Luke 15:29

He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends.

Luke 15:31

He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.

Luke 15:32

But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector.