உன் சகோதரனாகிய இவனோ மரித்தான், திரும்பவும் உயிர்த்தான்; காணாமற்போனான், திரும்பவும் காணப்பட்டான்; ஆனபடியினாலே, நாம் சந்தோஷப்பட்டு மகிழ்ச்சியாயிருக்க வேண்டுமே என்று சொன்னான் என்றார்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive `again’; and `was’ lost, and is found.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.
World English Bible (WEB)
But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'”
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.’
Cross Reference
Psalm 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Romans 15:9
And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Jonah 4:10
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Luke 15:24
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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