# Luke 15.32

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.</span> 31. And he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>** (Luke 15:30-32, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">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.’”</span>** (Luke 15:30-32, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.</span> 31. And he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>** (Luke 15:30-32, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">but when thy son, this one who did devour thy living with harlots, came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.</span> 31. 'And he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">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.'</span>** (Luke 15:30-32, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Forgiveness](/codex/argument-from-forgiveness/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [Argument from the Festival-Feast Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-festival-feast-convergence/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)
- [Argument from the Universal Imagination Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-imagination-convergence/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 15](/codex/luke-15/)
- [Psychology of Lowered Defenses](/codex/psychology-of-lowered-defenses/), via [Luke 15.11-32](/codex/luke-15-11-32/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0622 - apollymi](/codex/g0622-apollymi/)
- [G3498 - nekros](/codex/g3498-nekros/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.