Luke 15:23
Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
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- Isa 25:6 : 6 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine– tender meat and choicest wine.
- Isa 65:13-14 : 13 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated! 14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
- Matt 22:2-9 : 2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’ 5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them. 7 The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire. 8 Then he said to his slaves,‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy. 9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’ 10 And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 And he said to him,‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say. 13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’ 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Gen 18:7 : 7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
- Ps 63:5 : 5 As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
- Prov 9:2 : 2 She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
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- Luke 15:24-329 verses88%
24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
25 “Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
27 The slave replied,‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’
28 But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,
29 but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31 Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.
32 It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
- Luke 15:9-2214 verses83%
9 Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’
10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
11 The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.
12 The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.
13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
14 Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
16 He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’
20 So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.
21 Then his son said to him,‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 But the father said to his slaves,‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
- Luke 15:5-73 verses75%
5 Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
- Matt 22:2-54 verses73%
2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
- Luke 15:2-32 verses73%
2 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
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13 But look, there is outright celebration! You say,“Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
- Luke 14:15-173 verses70%
15 The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”
16 But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
17 At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited,‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
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23 So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
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21 So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
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13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
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7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
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38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
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29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.
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30 So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.
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13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
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7 Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
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7 But those tenants said to one another,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’
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25 Isaac said,“Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you.” So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.
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10 Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”
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21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.