Luke 15:23

WEB

²³Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;

KJV

²³ And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

BSB

²³Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

FBV

²³Bring the calf we've been fattening and kill it. Let's have a feast to celebrate

Extra References

Isaiah 25:6

⁶In this mountain, the LORD of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat,^[+] a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.

²“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son, ³and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. ⁴Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’ ⁵But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise; ⁶and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. ⁷When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁸“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy. ⁹Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’ ¹⁰Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, ¹²and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. ¹³Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’ ¹⁴For many are called, but few chosen.”

Psalms 63:5

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

Isaiah 65:13-14

¹³Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed. ¹⁴Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.

Proverbs 9:2

²She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

Genesis 18:7

⁷Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.