Luke 15:32 - New International Version (Anglicised)

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

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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.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:32 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Isaiah 35:10

and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let them realise these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Matthew 18:11

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 15:31

‘ “My son,” the father said, “you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, “Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.”

Romans 11:15

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

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Romans 3:4

Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: ‘So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.’