Luke 15:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

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  • Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
  • Isa 65:13-14 : 13 For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
  • Matt 22:2-9 : 2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married, 3 And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come. 4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast. 5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade: 6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death. 7 But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire. 8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough. 9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. 10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests. 11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe; 12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say. 13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. 14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
  • Gen 18:7 : 7 And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
  • Prov 9:2 : 2 She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

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  • Luke 15:24-32
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    24 For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

    25 Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

    26 And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

    27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

    28 But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

    29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

    30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

    31 And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

    32 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.

  • Luke 15:9-22
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    9 And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

    10 Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

    12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

    13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

    14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

    15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

    16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

    17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

    18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

    19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

    20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

    21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

    22 But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

  • Luke 15:5-7
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    5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

    6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

    7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

  • Matt 22:2-5
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    2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

    3 And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

    4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

    5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

  • Luke 15:2-3
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    2 And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

  • Isa 22:13
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    13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

  • Luke 12:19
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    19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

  • Luke 14:15-17
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    15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

    16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

    17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

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    23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

  • Matt 18:13
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    13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

  • Gen 18:7
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    7 And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

  • Matt 21:38
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    38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

  • Luke 5:29
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    29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

  • Gen 26:30
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    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

  • Matt 22:13
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    13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

  • Mark 12:7
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    7 But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

  • Gen 27:25
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    25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

  • Gen 27:10
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    10 And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

  • Judg 19:21
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    21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.