Luke 15:24

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

WEB

for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

ASV

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

LSV

because this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

YLT

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

DBY

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

DRC

Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

GNV

For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found. And they began to be merie.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησεν, ἦν ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη. καὶ ἤρξαντο εὐφραίνεσθαι.

RP2018

ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησεν· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη. Καὶ ἤρξαντο εὐφραίνεσθαι.

TR-Boyd

ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησε· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη. Καὶ ἤρξαντο εὐφραίνεσθαι.

SCR1894

οτι ουτος ο υιος μου νεκρος ην και ανεζησεν και απολωλως ην και ευρεθη και ηρξαντο ευφραινεσθαι

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 2:5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
• Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
• Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
• Colossians 2:13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
• Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
• Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
• Romans 6:11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
• Luke 15:7–9In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent. Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them…
• Isaiah 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14–15For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was…
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
• Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
• John 5:24–25Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is…
• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
• 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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