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

for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

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

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

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

for this son of mine was [as good as] dead and is alive again; he was lost and has been found.’ So they began to celebrate.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

νεκρός 
Nekros 
Usage: 105

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἀναζάω 
Anazao 
Usage: 3

he was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

ἀπόλλυμι 
Apollumi 
Usage: 37

is found
εὑρίσκω 
heurisko 
find,
Usage: 130

And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἄρχομαι 
Archomai 
Usage: 69

References

American

Hastings

Smith

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.

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;

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