Luke 15:25

New International Version

“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

Cross References

Psalm 150:4

praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’

Jeremiah 31:4

I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.

2 Samuel 6:14

Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might,

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

Psalm 30:11

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Luke 15:24

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:26

So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.