Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. New Living Translation And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, English Standard Version And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. Berean Standard Bible Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. Berean Literal Bible and having brought the fattened calf, kill it, and having eaten, let us be merry. King James Bible And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: New King James Version And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; New American Standard Bible and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let’s eat and celebrate; NASB 1995 and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; NASB 1977 and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and be merry; Legacy Standard Bible and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate, Amplified Bible And bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let us [invite everyone and] feast and celebrate; Christian Standard Bible Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast, Holman Christian Standard Bible Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast, American Standard Version and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: Aramaic Bible in Plain English 'Bring and kill the fattened ox; let us eat and celebrate.' Contemporary English Version Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate. Douay-Rheims Bible And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: English Revised Version and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: GOD'S WORD® Translation Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let's celebrate with a feast. Good News Translation Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast! International Standard Version Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let's eat and celebrate! Literal Standard Version and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry, Majority Standard Bible Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. New American Bible Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, NET Bible Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate, New Revised Standard Version And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; New Heart English Bible Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; Webster's Bible Translation And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: Weymouth New Testament Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves; World English Bible Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate; Young's Literal Translation and having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we may be merry, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Prodigal Son…22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. 24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.… Cross References 1 Samuel 28:24 The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread. Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred. Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 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. Treasury of Scripture And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: the fatted. Genesis 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. Psalm 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: Proverbs 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. Jump to Previous Calf Celebrate Death Eat Eaten Enjoy Fat Fatted Fattened Feast Fetch Glad Hither Kill Let's Merry Ourselves Ox YoungJump to Next Calf Celebrate Death Eat Eaten Enjoy Fat Fatted Fattened Feast Fetch Glad Hither Kill Let's Merry Ourselves Ox YoungLuke 15 1. The parable of the lost sheep;8. of the piece of silver; 11. of the prodigal son. (23) Bring hither the fatted calf.--It is interesting to remember the impression which this part of the parable made on one of the great teachers of the Church as early as the second century. Irenaeus (see Introduction) saw in it an illustration of what seemed to him the special characteristic of St. Luke's Gospel, viz., the stress which it lays on the priestly aspect of our Lord's work and ministry. We note, after our more modern method, (1) that in the framework of the story, the definite article points to "the calf" that had been fattened as for some special feast of joy. It answers accordingly to the "feast of fat things" of Isaiah 25:6 - i.e., to the joy of the full fruition of the presence of God; and there is, perhaps, in the command to "kill it" (the word used is the technical one for slaying a sacrificial victim) a half-suggestion that this was only possible through a sacrifice and death. The fatted calf thus comes to represent to us that of which the Eucharistic feast is at once a symbol, a witness, and a pledge.Verses 23, 24. - And bring hither the fatted calf. There was a custom in the large Palestinian farms that always a calf should be fattening ready for festal occasions. And let us eat... And they began to be merry. Who are intended by these plurals, us and they? We must not forget that the parable-story under the mortal imagery is telling of heavenly as well as of earthly things. The sharers in their joy over the lost, the servants of the prodigal's father on earth, are doubtless the angels of whom we hear (vers. 7, 10), in the two former parables of the lost sheep and of the lost drachma, as rejoicing over the recovery of a lost soul. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Bringφέρετε (pherete) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. fatted σιτευτόν (siteuton) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 4618: Fattened, fatted. From a derivative of sitos; grain-fed, i.e. Fattened. calf μόσχον (moschon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3448: A calf, heifer, young bull. Probably strengthened for oschos; a young bullock. [and] kill [it]. θύσατε (thysate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2380: A primary verb; properly, to rush, i.e. to sacrifice; by extension to immolate. Let us feast φαγόντες (phagontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat. [and] celebrate. εὐφρανθῶμεν (euphranthōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 1st Person Plural Strong's 2165: From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice. Links Luke 15:23 NIVLuke 15:23 NLT Luke 15:23 ESV Luke 15:23 NASB Luke 15:23 KJV Luke 15:23 BibleApps.com Luke 15:23 Biblia Paralela Luke 15:23 Chinese Bible Luke 15:23 French Bible Luke 15:23 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 15:23 Bring the fattened calf kill it (Luke Lu Lk) |
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