Luke 15:32
“It was meete that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and was lost, and is found.”
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Luke 15:32 Context
30But as soone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy liuing with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calfe. 31And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue is thine. 32It was meete that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and was lost, and is found.
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It 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.
- King James Version
'But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and {has begun} to live, and {was} lost and has been found.'"
- New American Standard Version (1995)