“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.’””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 15 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.