Luke 15:32
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But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

was meet.

Luke 7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking. And you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners.

Psalm 51:8 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

Isaiah 35:10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.

Jonah 4:10,11 And the Lord said to Jonah: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death. . . .

Romans 3:4,19 But God is true and every man a liar, as it is written: That thou mayest be justified in thy words and mayest overcome when thou art judged. . . .

Romans 15:9-13 But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles and will sing to thy name. . . .

for.

Luke 15:24 Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

Ephesians 2:1-10 And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, . . .

Context
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
31But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me; and all I have is thine. 32But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.
Cross References
Luke 15:24
Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:31
But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me; and all I have is thine.

Romans 11:15
For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

it was fitting
ἔδει (edei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.

to celebrate
εὐφρανθῆναι (euphranthēnai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Strong's Greek 2165: From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

rejoice,
χαρῆναι (charēnai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Strong's Greek 5463: A primary verb; to be 'cheer'ful, i.e. Calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation, be well.

because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

this
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

brother
ἀδελφός (adelphos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

of yours
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

dead
νεκρὸς (nekros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

is alive again;
ἔζησεν (ezēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

he was lost
ἀπολωλὼς (apolōlōs)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

is found.’”
εὑρέθη (heurethē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.


Additional Translations
But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

But it was fitting to make merry and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; and he was lost and is found.'"

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"

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.'"

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.'
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