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

28“The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him, 29but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends. Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’ 31“His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours. 32We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

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 had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”
• Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!
• Exodus 32:7The Lord told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
• Luke 15:13“A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

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