Luke 15:25

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Cross References

Psalm 150:4

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

Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.’

Jeremiah 31:4

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

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, making melody to him with timbrel and lyre!

Psalm 126:1

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

2 Samuel 6:14

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

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.

Psalm 30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to make merry.

Luke 15:26

And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.