Luke 15:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

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  • Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountaine shal the Lord of hoastes make vnto all people a feast of plenteous and delicate thinges, euen of most plesaunt and daintie disshes.
  • Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Beholde, my seruauntes shall eate, but ye shall haue hunger: beholde, my seruauntes shall drinke, but ye shall suffer thirst: beholde, my seruauntes shalbe merie, but ye shalbe confounded: 14 Beholde, my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quietnesse of heart: but ye shal crye for sorowe of heart, and complaine for vexation of minde.
  • Matt 22:2-9 : 2 The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne. 3 And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come. 4 Agayne, he sent foorth other seruauntes, saying: Tell them which are bidden, beholde, I haue prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thynges are redy: come vnto the mariage. 5 But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize: 6 And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, and entreated them spitefully, and slewe them. 7 But when the kyng hearde therof, he was wroth, and sent foorth his men of warre, and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp their citie. 8 Then sayde he to his seruauntes, the mariage in dede is prepared: But they which were bidden, were not worthy. 9 Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes: and as many as ye fynde, bid them to the mariage. 10 And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, and gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good and bad: and the weddyng was furnished with ghestes. 11 Then the kyng came in, to see the ghestes: and whe he spyed there a man, which had not on a weddyng garmet, 12 He sayde vnto hym: frende, howe camest thou in hyther, not hauyng a weddyng garment? And he was euen speachlesse. 13 Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth. 14 For many be called, but fewe are chosen.
  • Gen 18:7 : 7 And Abraham runnyng vnto his beastes, fet a calfe tender and good, and gaue it vnto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once.
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes: and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes.
  • Prov 9:2 : 2 She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table:

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  • Luke 15:24-32
    9 verses
    88%

    24For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.

    25The elder brother was in the fielde: and when he came and drewe nye to the house, he hearde minstrelsie & daunsing,

    26And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

    27And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.

    28And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym.

    29He aunswered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes:

    30But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.

    31And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,

    32It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.

  • Luke 15:9-22
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    9And when she hath founde it, she calleth her louers & her neyghbours together, saying: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde the peece which I had lost.

    10Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.

    11And he sayde. A certayne man had two sonnes:

    12And the younger of them sayde to his father: father, geue me the portion of the goodes, that to me belongeth. And he deuided vnto them his substaunce.

    13And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.

    15And he ioyned hym selfe to a citizen of that countrey: and he sent hym to his farme, to feede swyne.

    16And he woulde fayne haue fylled his belly with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: and no man gaue vnto hym.

    17Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

    18I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.

    20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way of, his father sawe him, & had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed hym.

    21And the sonne sayde vnto him: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.

    22But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:

  • Luke 15:5-7
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    5And when he hath founde it, he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy:

    6And assoone as he commeth home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.

    7I say vnto you, that lykewyse ioy shalbe in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons, which neede no repentaunce.

  • Matt 22:2-5
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    2The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne.

    3And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come.

    4Agayne, he sent foorth other seruauntes, saying: Tell them which are bidden, beholde, I haue prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thynges are redy: come vnto the mariage.

    5But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize:

  • Luke 15:2-3
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    73%

    2And the pharisees & scribes murmured, saying: he receaueth sinners, and eateth with them.

    3But he put foorth this parable vnto them, saying:

  • Isa 22:13
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    13And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye.

  • Luke 12:19
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    19And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery.

  • Luke 14:15-17
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    70%

    15When one of them, that sate at meate also, hearde these thynges, he sayde vnto hym: Happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God.

    16Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,

    17And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy.

  • Luke 14:23
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    23And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.

  • Matt 18:13
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    13And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray.

  • Gen 18:7
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    7And Abraham runnyng vnto his beastes, fet a calfe tender and good, and gaue it vnto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once.

  • Matt 21:38
    68%

    38But when the husband men sawe the sonne, they sayde among them selues: this is the heire, come, let vs kyll hym, and let vs enioy his inheritaunce.

  • Luke 5:29
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    29And Leui made hym a great feast in his owne house. And there was a great companie of publicanes, and of other that sate at meate with them.

  • Gen 26:30
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    30And he made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drynke.

  • Matt 22:13
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    13Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Go thou thy way then, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a glad heart, for thy workes please god:

  • Mark 12:7
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    7But the husbandmen saide amongest them selues: this is the heyre, come, let vs kyll him, and the inheritaunce shalbe ours.

  • Gen 27:25
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    25Then sayde he: Bryng me, & let me eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee. And he brought hym, and he ate: and he brought hym wine also, and he dranke.

  • Gen 27:10
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    10And thou shalt bryng it to thy father that he may eate, and that he may blesse thee before his death.

  • Judg 19:21
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    21And so he brought him into his house, and gaue fodder vnto the Asses: and they wasshed their feete, and dyd eate and drynke.