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Luke 15:32 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.

Luke 15:32, King James Version

In context

31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

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.

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Cross-references

  • Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Luke 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Romans 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
  • Psalms 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.