28"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.


In Context

25 "Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.

27 'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'

28 "The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.

29 But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

Luke 15:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:28And he was angry, and would not go in. His father therefore coming out began to entreat him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:28But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:28But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:28But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:28And he was angry, and would not go in; therefore his father came out, and entreated him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:28But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:28'And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.