Luke 15:25 · KJV
“Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.”
— Luke 15:25
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
Luke 15 — Context
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill {it}; and let us eat, and be merry:
24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Cross References
Psalms 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. {dance: or, pipe}
Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. {tabrets: or, timbrels}
Luke 15:11-12
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
Psalms 126:1
[A Song of degrees.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. {turned...: Heb. returned the returning}
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Luke 7:32
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Psalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. {in...: or, with the pipe}
2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all {his} might; and David {was} girded with a linen ephod.