27He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'


In Context

24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

25 |Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

27 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'

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

29 But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:27'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said to him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said to him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him in health.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:27and he said to him — Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:27And he said to him, Your brother is come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.