Luke 15:32

“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 (KJV)

Other Translations of 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.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Luke chapter 15

'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)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
- Basic English Bible

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.
- Darby Bible

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.
- Douay Rheims Bible

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.
- Webster's Bible

We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"
- Weymouth Bible

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.'"
- World English Bible

But it bihofte for to make feeste, and to haue ioye; for this thi brother was deed, and lyuede ayen; he perischide, and is foundun.
- Wycliffe Bible

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.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Nkosinathi Ngulube's comment on 2014-08-22 21:39:04:

Until we be reconciliatory, unless we be of the character of the Father, we have no credible relationship with each other at all.

Bob Cutler's comment on 2014-05-05 18:17:15:

I always believed that this parable was focused on redemption and salvation but as I study it seems to point to the relationship with the Father that is already established than taking off the old and putting on the new.

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