Luke 15:30

Luke 15:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
• New International Version (NIV)But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’

Context of Luke 15:30

28When the older brother heard this, he was very angry. He would not go into the house. So his father came out. “Please come in to be happy with us,” he said. 29“Listen,” the older son replied, “I have worked a lot for you for many years. I have always obeyed you. But you never even killed a young goat for me so that I could be happy with my friends. We could have had a meal together. But now this other son of yours has returned. He has wasted all the money that you gave to him. He has spent it on prostitutes. But you have even killed the fat young cow for him.” 31“My son,” his father said, “you are always with me. All the things that I have are yours. 32We thought that your brother was dead. But now he has returned to us alive. We thought that he had left us for all time. But now he has come home. So we must all be happy together.” ’

Luke 15:30 word by word

ὅτε δὲ ὁ υἱός σου οὗτος ὁ καταφαγών σου τὸν βίον μετὰ πορνῶν ἦλθεν, ἔθυσας αὐτῷ τὸν σιτευτὸν μόσχον.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• as soon asὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• was comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• hath devouredκατεσθίωkatesthiō · to devourG2719
• livingβίοςbios · lifeG979
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• harlotsπόρνηpornē · prostituteG4204
• thou hast killedθύωthuō · to sacrificeG2380
• for himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the fattedσιτευτόςsiteutos · fattenedG4618
• calfμόσχοςmoschos · calfG3448

Cross-references for Luke 15:30

• Luke 15:32We thought that your brother was dead. But now he has returned to us alive. We thought that he had left us for all time. But now he has come home. So we must all be happy together.” ’
• Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood there by himself. He prayed like this: “Thank you, God, that I am different from all these other people. They are bad people. They rob other people. They have sex with women who are not their wife. Thank you, God, that I am not like this man who takes taxes on behalf of the government.
• Exodus 32:7The Lord said to Moses, ‘Hurry back down the mountain! The people that you brought out of Egypt have done a wicked thing.
• Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son sold what his father had given to him. Then he took all the money and left home. He went on a long journey to a country far away. There, he did whatever he wanted to do and wasted all his money.

Commentaries on Luke 15:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30This thy son - This son of Thine - words expressive of supreme contempt: This son - he would not condescend to call him by his name, or to acknowledge him for his brother; and at the same time, bitterly reproaches his amiable father for his affectionate tenderness, and readiness to receive his once undutiful, but now penitent, child! For Him - I have marked those words in small capitals which should be strongly accented in the pronunciation: this last…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30This thy son - This son of “thine.” This is an expression of great contempt. He did not call him “his brother,” but “his father‘s son,” to show at once his contempt for his younger brother, and for his father for having received him as he did. Never was there a more striking instance of petty malice, or more unjustifiable disregard of a father‘s conduct and will. Thy living - Thy property. This is still designed to irritate the father, and set him against…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-32Verses 25-32 In the latter part of this parable we have the character of the Pharisees, though not of them alone. It sets forth the kindness of the Lord, and the proud manner in which his gracious kindness is often received. The Jews, in general, showed the same spirit towards the converted Gentiles; and numbers in every age object to the gospel and its preachers, on the same ground. What must that temper be, which stirs up a man to despise and abhor…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30this son of yours: He refused to acknowledge his own relationship to his brother.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-3212. the younger--as the more thoughtless. said, &c.--weary of restraint, panting for independence, unable longer to abide the check of a father's eye. This is man impatient of divine control, desiring to be independent of God, seeking to be his own master; that "sin of sins, in which all subsequent sins are included as in their germ, for they are but the unfolding of this one" [Trench]. he divided, &c.--Thus "God, when His service no longer appears a…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings