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Luke 15:23

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

KJV

καὶ φέρετε τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτόν, θύσατε καὶ φαγόντες εὐφρανθῶμεν,

Greek NT

et adducite vitulum saginatum, et occidite, et manducemus, et epulemur :

Vulgate

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

ASV

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εὐφραίνω
euphraino
verb · 14×
θύω
thuo
verb · 14×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μόσχος
moschos
noun · 6×
σιτευτός
siteutos
adjective · 3×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: φέρετε | WH/Treg/NIV: φέρετε | RP: ἐνέγκαντες
  • φέρετε — SBLGNT
  • φέρετε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐνέγκαντες — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§589Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them.367 He went so far as to hint that by sharing the table of sinners he was admitting them to the messianic banquet.368 But it was most especially by forgiving sins that Jesus placed the religious authorities of Israel on the horns of a dilemma. Were they not en…
§1439The process of conversion and repentance was described by Jesus in the parable of the prodigal son, the center of which is the merciful father:37 The fascination of illusory freedom, the abandonment of the father's house; the extreme misery in which the son finds himself after squandering his fortune; his deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to feed swine, and still wors…
§1700The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God (article 1); it is fulfilled in his vocation to divine beatitude (article 2). It is essential to a human being freely to direct himself to this fulfillment (article 3). By his deliberate actions (article 4), the human person does, or does not, conform to the good promised by God and attes…
…and 1 more from this source.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:27 — If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
  • 1Sam 28:24 — And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
  • Exod 24:11 — And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
  • Isa 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
  • Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
  • Isa 55:2 — Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in f
  • Isa 65:13 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be a
  • Jer 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
  • John 15:11 — These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
  • Matt 18:13 — And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
  • Matt 22:2 — The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
  • Matt 26:29 — But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
  • Mic 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
  • Ps 63:5 — My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
  • Zeph 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.