Luke 15:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Luke 15:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Matthew 22:2-14
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, …
Psalms 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: …
Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Atonement Attributes of God Backsliders Children Fatted Calf Gladness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-32)

We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to receive and entertain such, upon their repentance; but the circumstances of the parable do much more largely and fully set forth the riches of gospel grace than those did, and it has been, and will be whil…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. the fatted calf--kept for festive occasions.