28. “And he was wroth and would not go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
29. “And answering, he said to his father, ‘See, these many years I have been serving you, and I have never transgressed a command of yours, but to me you have never given a young goat, so I could rejoice with my friends.
30. ‘But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with whores, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’
31. “Then he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all I have is yours.
32. ‘And we had to rejoice and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive, and was lost and is found.’ ”