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Luke 15:31-32 KJV
Luke · chapter 15 · verses 31–32
31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32It 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.Luke 15:31-32 · King James Version
Luke 15:31-32 in context
29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32It 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- merryeuphrainōto gladden, make joyful, to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice, to rejoice in, be delighted…G2165 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- everpantoteat all times, always, everG3842 →
- meetdeiit is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper, necessity lying in…G1163 →
- gladchairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- deadnekrosproperly, one that has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased, departed, one whose soul is…G3498 →
- lostapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
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We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to receive and entertain such, upon their repentance;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-32