Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For this my son was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found. And they began to be gladdened.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
A Conservative Version
because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.
American Standard Version
for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For my son here was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again. He was lost [from me], but [now] is found.' And they began to celebrate.
Anderson New Testament
for this my son was dead, and is alive again: he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Bible in Basic English
For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.
Common New Testament
for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for this son of mine was dead, and is come to life: he was lost, and is found again. and then they began their feast.
Darby Translation
for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
Godbey New Testament
because this my son was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Goodspeed New Testament
for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate.
John Wesley New Testament
For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.
King James 2000
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.
Modern King James verseion
for this my son was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is now found.' And they began to be merry.
Moffatt New Testament
for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.
Montgomery New Testament
"'for this son of mine was dead and is alive again??e was lost and is found.'
NET Bible
because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again -- he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.
New Heart English Bible
for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
Noyes New Testament
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to make merry.
Sawyer New Testament
for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.
The Emphasized Bible
Because, this my son, was, dead, and hath come to life again, was lost, and is found. And they began to be making merry.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.' So they began making merry.
Webster
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Weymouth New Testament
for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.
Williams New Testament
because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.
World English Bible
for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
Worrell New Testament
because this my son was dead, and came to life again; had been lost, and was found.' And they began to be merry.
Worsley New Testament
for this my son was dead, and is alive again, and was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
Youngs Literal Translation
because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
Themes
Home » parental love » Parental feelings and emotions » Joy
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The prodigal son and his older brother
Joy » Earthly » Innocent mirth
Joy » Instances of » Of the father, when his prodigal son returned
the Joy of God over his people » Illustrated
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
New » Man » Raised from spiritual death
Parables » Parables of Christ » Prodigal son
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Joy
Select readings » The parable of the prodigal son
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 15:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Lost Son
23 And having brought the fatted calf, sacrifice, and eating, let us be gladdened. 24 For this my son was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found. And they began to be gladdened. 25 And his elder son was in the field: and coming, as he drew near the house, he heard a concert of music, and dances.
Names
Cross References
Luke 15:32
And to be gladdened, and to rejoice, was fitting: for this thy brother was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found.
Ephesians 2:1
And ye being dead in faults and in sins;
Ephesians 2:5
And we being dead in faults, he made alive together with Christ, (by grace are ye saved;)
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he says, Awake, who sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee.
Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in faults and uncircumcision of the flesh, he made alive together with him, having propitiated to you all faults;
1 Timothy 5:6
And she living luxuriously is dead, living.
Revelation 3:1
And to the messenger of the church in Sardis write: Thus says he having the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead:
Genesis 45:28
And Israel will say, It is much: Joseph my son is yet living: I will go and see him before I shall die.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall turn back and come to Zion with a shout of joy and eternal joy upon their heads: and they shall attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 66:11
So that ye shall suck and be satisfied from the breast of her consolation; so that ye shall press out and be delighted from the brightness of her glory.
Jeremiah 31:12-17
And they came and shouted in the height of Zion, and they flowed together to the goodness of Jehovah, for the grain and for the new wine, and for the oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd: and their soul was as a watered garden, and they shall not add to pine away any more.
Ezekiel 34:4
Ye strengthened not the sickly, and the diseased ye healed not, and the broken ye bound not up, and the thrust away ye turned not back, and the lost ye sought not; and with force and with oppression ye ruled them.
Ezekiel 34:16
The lost I will seek out, and the thrust away I will turn back, and to the broken I will bind up, and the diseased I will strengthen: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them with judgment
Matthew 18:10-13
See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their messengers in the heavens always behold the face of my Father which is in the heavens.
Mark 8:22
And he comes to Bethsaida; and they bring to him one blind, and beseech him that he would touch him.
Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you power to tread above serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the enemy and nothing shall hurt you.
Luke 15:4
What man of you, having one hundred. sheep, and having lost one of them, leaves not the ninety-nine in the desert, and goes for the one lost, till he find it
Luke 15:7-9
I say to you, that so shall joy be in heaven over one sinful repenting, more than over ninety-nine just, which have no need of repentance.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.
John 5:21
For as the Father arouses the dead, and makes alive; so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
John 5:24-25
Truly, truly, I say to you, That he hearing my word, and believing him having sent me, has eternal life, and comes not into judgment; but has passed from death to life.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, I am the rising up, and life: he believing in me, though he die, shall live.
Romans 6:11
So also ye reckon yourselves truly to be dead to sin, and living to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:13
Neither present ye your members weapons of injustice to sin: but present yourselves to God, as living from the dead, and your members weapons of justice to God.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus freed me from the law of sin and death.
Romans 11:15
For if their rejection the reconciliation of the world, what the reception, but life from the dead?
Romans 12:15
To rejoice with the rejoicing, and weep with the weeping.
1 Corinthians 12:26
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer together; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice together.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ holds us together; having judged this, that if one died for all, then all dead:
Jude 1:12
These are spots in your loves, feasting together fearlessly, taking care of themselves: clouds wanting water, carried about by winds; decayed trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;