English Standard Version
It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"New International Version
But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"Catholic Public Domain Version
But it was necessary to feast and to rejoice. For this brother of yours was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.’ 