Luke 15:32Young's Literal Translation
but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this your brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
Related Verses
Matthew 2:18
'A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'
Matthew 4:18
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --
Matthew 4:21
And having advanced from there, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,
Matthew 5:3
'Blessed the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
Matthew 5:4
'Blessed the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.