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Luke 15:25
Luke 15:25 is verse 25 of Luke chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
King James Version
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
World English Bible
“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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Luke 15:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible
23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
25 Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
27 ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 15:11Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.
Luke 15:12The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
Luke 7:32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
2 Samuel 6:14And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
Psalms 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
Psalms 150:4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.