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Luke 15:25
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23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
24 afor this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.  
25 “Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
27 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.’
28 “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.
29 So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.
30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’
31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, afor your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ” 
Verse Comparison: Luke 15:25

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American Standard Version
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Amplified® Bible
But his older son was in the field; and as he returned and came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

Contemporary English Version
The older son had been out in the field. But when he came near the house, he heard the music and dancing.

Darby English Version
And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Good News Bible
"In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.

International Standard Version
"Now his older son was in the field. As he was coming back to 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.

New American Standard Bible
"Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

New International Version
"Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

New King James Version
"Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now his older son worked in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Young's Literal Translation
`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,


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