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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ ⸀φέρετε τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτόν, θύσατε, καὶ φαγόντες εὐφρανθῶμεν,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai rpherete ton moskhon ton siteuton, thusate, kai phagontes euphranthomen,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et adducite vitulum saginatum et occidite et manducemus et epulemur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Authorized (King James) Version   
and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
New King James Version   
And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
21st Century King James Version   
And bring hither the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
'Bring and kill the fattened ox; let us eat and celebrate.'
Darby Bible Translation   
and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.
God's Word   
Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let's celebrate with a feast.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let's celebrate with a feast,
International Standard Version   
Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let's eat and celebrate!
NET Bible   
Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
New American Standard Bible   
and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
New International Version   
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate.
New Living Translation   
And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
Webster's Bible Translation   
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Weymouth New Testament   
Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;
The World English Bible   
Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
EasyEnglish Bible   
Fetch the young cow that we keep ready to eat on a special day. It is already fat. Kill it and prepare it. We will eat a big meal and we will be happy together.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,
New Life Version   
Bring the calf that is fat and kill it. Let us eat and be glad.
Revised Geneva Translation   
‘And bring the fat calf and kill him! And let us eat and be merry!
The Voice Bible   
Go get the fattest calf and butcher it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate
Living Bible   
And kill the calf we have in the fattening pen. We must celebrate with a feast,
New Catholic Bible   
Then bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast.
Legacy Standard Bible   
and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and bring here the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
Christian Standard Bible   
Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And bring out that [wheat-]fattened calf and kill it; and let us revel and feast and be happy and make merry,
New Century Version   
And get our fat calf and kill it so we can have a feast and celebrate.
The Message   
“But the father wasn’t listening. He was calling to the servants, ‘Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a prize-winning heifer and roast it. We’re going to feast! We’re going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!’ And they began to have a wonderful time.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate,
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· Bring the fattened calf · and make the kill! · Let us eat and celebrate;
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
New Matthew Bible   
And bring here the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.
Good News Translation®   
Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast!
Wycliffe Bible   
and bring ye a fat calf, and slay ye, and eat we, and make we feast.
New Testament for Everyone   
And bring the calf that we’ve fattened up, kill it, and let’s eat and have a party!
Contemporary English Version   
Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still some distance off, his father saw him and his heart went out to him, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. But his son said, ‘Father, I have done wrong in the sight of Heaven and in your eyes. I don’t deserve to be called your son any more ....’ ‘Hurry!’ called out his father to the servants, ‘fetch the best clothes and put them on him! Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet, and get that calf we’ve fattened and kill it, and we will have a feast and a celebration! For this is my son—I thought he was dead, and he’s alive again. I thought I had lost him, and he’s found!’ And they began to get the festivities going.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
Common English Bible © 2011   
Fetch the fattened calf and slaughter it. We must celebrate with feasting
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let us [invite everyone and] feast and celebrate;
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast,
New American Standard Bible   
and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
The Expanded Bible   
And get our ·fat [fattened; C prepared for slaughter] calf and kill it [C people only occasionally ate meat; such a large animal indicates a major celebration] so we can have a feast and celebrate.
Tree of Life Version   
Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let’s celebrate with a feast!
Revised Standard Version   
and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
New International Reader's Version   
Bring the fattest calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.
BRG Bible   
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Complete Jewish Bible   
and bring the calf that has been fattened up, and kill it. Let’s eat and have a celebration!
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Bring the fat calf and kill it. Let us have a feast and a good time.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And bring the fattened calf, and slaughter it, and let us eat and have a simcha,
Names of God Bible   
Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s celebrate with a feast.
Modern English Version   
Bring here the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.
Easy-to-Read Version   
And bring our best calf and kill it so that we can celebrate with plenty to eat.
International Children’s Bible   
And get our fat calf and kill it. Then we can have a feast and celebrate!
Lexham English Bible   
And bring the fattened calf—kill it and let us eat and celebrate,
New International Version - UK   
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And bring the fatted calf. Slaughter it. And having eaten, let us celebrate!