Luke 15:23 (GNV)

Passage

And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, and let vs eate, and be merie:

Nearby Context

Luke 15:21 And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.

Luke 15:22 Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,

Luke 15:23 And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, and let vs eate, and be merie:

Luke 15:24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found. And they began to be merie.

Luke 15:25 Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "calfe", "kill", "eate", and "merie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "calfe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Then the father said to his seruaunts..." into verse 24's "For this my sonne was dead and...", so "bring" and "calfe" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bring" and "calfe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.