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Luke 15:30

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15:30But when this son of yours91 came back, who has devoured92 your assets with prostitutes,93 you killed the fattened calf94 for him!’

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Footnotes

  1. 91 Note the younger son is not “my brother” but this son of yours (an expression with a distinctly pejorative nuance).
  2. 92 This is another graphic description. The younger son’s consumption had been like a glutton. He had both figuratively and literally devoured the assets which were given to him.
  3. 93 The charge concerning the prostitutes is unproven, but essentially the older brother accuses the father of committing an injustice by rewarding his younger son’s unrighteous behavior.
  4. 94 See note on the phrase “fattened calf” in v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

NLTNew Living Translation

Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But when this son of yours returned—who has consumed your assets with prostitutes—you killed the fattened calf for him!’

KJV 1900King James Version

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.