Luke 15:32

In 8 translations

BSB

But 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.’”

KJV

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.

WEB

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

ASV

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

LSV

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was necessary, because this your brother was dead, and lived again, he was lost, and was found.”

YLT

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

DBY

But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

DRC

But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

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SBLGNT

εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει, ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἔζησεν, καὶ ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη.

RP2018

Εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει· ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησεν· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη.

TR-Boyd

Εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει· ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν, καὶ ἀνέζησε· καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν, καὶ εὑρέθη.

SCR1894

ευφρανθηναι δε και χαρηναι εδει οτι ο αδελφος σου ουτος νεκρος ην και ανεζησεν και απολωλως ην και ευρεθη

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• Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
• Ephesians 2:1–10And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.…
• 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.
• Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
• Jonah 4:10–11But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night. So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000…
• Romans 15:9–13so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.” Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” And again:…
• Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
• Luke 7:34The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

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