Luke 15:27

Easy-to-Read Version

The boy said, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father killed the best calf to eat. He is happy because he has his son back safe and sound.'

Parallel Translations

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayd vnto him: thy brother is come and thy father had kylled ye fatted caulfe because he hath receaved him safe and sounde.

Hebrew Names Version
He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'

International Standard Version
The servantHe">[fn] told him, 'Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

New American Standard Bible
"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

New Century Version
The servant said, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father killed the fat calf, because your brother came home safely.'

Update Bible Version
And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him in health.

Amplified Bible
"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

English Standard Version
And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.'

World English Bible
He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he told him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him in good health.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`Your brother has come,' he replied; `and your father has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home safe and sound.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hym, Thi brother is comun, and thi fadir slewe a fat calf, for he resseyuede hym saaf.

English Revised Version
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

Berean Standard Bible
'Your brother has returned,' he said, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.'

Contemporary English Version
The servant answered, "Your brother has come home safe and sound, and your father ordered us to kill the best calf."

American Standard Version
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

Bible in Basic English
And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.

Complete Jewish Bible
The servant told him, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father has slaughtered the calf that was fattened up, because he has gotten him back safe and sound.'

Darby Translation
And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.

Etheridge Translation
He said to him, Thy brother hath come, and thy father hath killed the calf that was fat, because he hath received him well.

Murdock Translation
And he said to him: Thy brother hath come; and thy father hath killed the fatted bullock, because he hath received him in health.

King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calfe, because he hath receiued him safe and sound.

New Living Translation
‘Your brother is back,' he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.'

New Life Bible
The servant answered, ‘Your brother has come back and your father has killed the fat calf. Your brother is in the house and is well.'

New Revised Standard
He replied, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee sayde vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatte calfe, because he hath receiued him safe and sound.

George Lamsa Translation
He said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fat ox, because he received him safe and well.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, said unto him, - Thy brother, hath come, and thy father hath sacrificed the fatted calf, because, safe and sound, hath he received him back.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him: Thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.

Good News Translation
‘Your brother has come back home,' the servant answered, ‘and your father has killed the prize calf, because he got him back safe and sound.'

Christian Standard Bible®
‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

King James Version
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

Lexham English Bible
And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has gotten him back healthy.'

Literal Translation
And he said to him, Your brother came, and your father killed the fattened calf, because he received him back in health.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath slayne a fed calfe, because he hath receaued him safe and sounde.

Mace New Testament (1729)
who reply'd, your brother is return'd, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him in good health.

New English Translation
The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.'

New King James Version
And he said to him, "Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
'Your brother has returned,' he said, 'and your dad has butchered the grain-fed steer and we are all celebrating his return.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Then Jesus said, "There was a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger son said to his father, ‘Give me now the part of your property that I am supposed to receive someday.' So the father divided his wealth between his two sons. ¹³ "A few days later the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country, and there he wasted his money living like a fool. ¹⁴ After he spent everything he had, there was a terrible famine throughout the country. He was hungry and needed money. ¹⁵ So he went and got a job with one of the people who lived there. The man sent him into the fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶ He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food the pigs were eating. But no one gave him anything. ¹⁷ "The son realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All my father's hired workers have plenty of food. But here I am, almost dead because I have nothing to eat. ¹⁸ I will leave and go to my father. I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against God and have done wrong to you. ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But let me be like one of your hired workers.' ²⁰ So he left and went to his father. "While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him coming and felt sorry for him. So he ran to him and hugged and kissed him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thy brother: Luke 15:30, Acts 9:17, Acts 22:13, Philemon 1:16

and thy: Luke 15:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:7 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto him,.... The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, leave out the copulative "and", and the latter reads, "they said unto him"; the servants, one or other of them:

thy brother is come; for in the relation of a brother, the younger son stood to him; being of the same nature and species, of the same nation, and both sons by national adoption: who was "come" to his father, and to his father's house; not as a righteous and worthy person in himself, but as a sinner, a sensible and penitent one; as hungry, naked, and ready to perish; and as unworthy, in his own opinion, of the least mercy and favour, and especially to be called a son:

and thy father; who was so by creation, by national adoption, and by profession:

hath killed the fatted calf, by which Christ is meant:

:- and designs either the concern the Father had in the death of Christ; or rather, his orders to his ministering servants, to preach a crucified Christ, to the comfort of poor sinners; and in general, expresses the large and rich entertainment God makes for souls, when they are brought home to him by repentance: and the Persic version adds, "and hath made a feast"; the reason of which is given in the next clause:

because he hath received him safe and sound; or "in good health". This is left out in the Persic version, but rightly retained in all others: the word translated "received", signifies the recovery, or enjoyment of any thing before had, but since lost, and the taking it at the hands of another: the elect of God, signified by the younger son, were his in a peculiar sense, being chosen by him; but through the fall of Adam, and their own transgressions, were in some sense lost unto him; but in consequence of redemption by Christ, and through efficacious grace in calling, are found, received, and enjoyed again: and so the Ethiopic version reads it, "because he found him alive"; and so took him again, as he did, at the hands of his son: all the elect of God were put into the hands of Christ, as the surety of them; and being redeemed by his blood in the effectual calling, they are brought by him to the Father, and come to God by him: as they are also received by the Father from the hands of his Spirit, who convinces them of sin, causes them to believe in Christ, witnesses their adoption to them; in a view of which, they come to God, and are received by him; and even from their own hands too, for under the power of divine grace, they are made willing to give up themselves to the Lord, and do so; who kindly and graciously receives them into his arms; into his heart's love, and affection, into the open enjoyment of it; into his care and protection, into his family, and into communion with himself, and will afterwards receive them to glory: the case and condition in which he was received is,

safe and sound; there is but one word in the original; some translate it "safe", as the Arabic version; and others "sound", as the Syriac; and ours both: he was received "safe", though he had been in a far country, and in a mighty famine, and almost starved: God's elect fell in Adam, as others; their nature is corrupted by sin, and they are guilty of actual transgressions, which deserve death; yet they were preserved in Christ, and being redeemed by him, are safe; so that the law cannot lay hold on them, nor sin, nor any thing else condemn them, nor Satan destroy them: and he was received "sound"; in his right mind, being come to himself, and brought to true repentance for his sin; and willing to part with his own righteousness, and to be clothed with the best robe; and having his spiritual senses exercised, to discern between good and evil, and upon the person and grace of Christ; or he was received "sound", being in good health, and as opposed to being sick or diseased: sins are diseases, and as all men, so God's elect, are attended with them; but being made sensible of them, they come to Christ for healing; and they are perfectly cured by him; by his stripes and wounds, all their iniquities are forgiven; so that they have no reason to say any more, they are sick: and hence the Father receives them safe and sound; and which is matter of joy, and was the occasion of all this music, dancing, and feasting.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Safe and sound - In health.