Luke 15:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Now his elder son was in the field, and as he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:14

David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod.

Psalm 126:1

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

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.

Psalm 150:4

Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!

Psalm 30:11

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Exodus 15:20

Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

Jeremiah 31:4

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with your tambourines and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

Luke 15:24

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

Luke 15:26

He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on.

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.’