Luke 15:28

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Luke 15:28

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But he was angry and was not willing to go in. And his father, having gone, was imploring him.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 15

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

²⁷ ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’

²⁸ The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

³⁰ But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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