26. So he called one of the servants over and asked, “What's going on here?”
27. The servant answered, “Your brother has come home safe and sound, and your father ordered us to kill the best calf.”
28. The elder brother got so angry that he would not even go into the house.His father came out and begged him to go in.
29. But he said to his father, “For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends.
30. This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast.”
31. His father replied, “My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
32. But we should be glad and celebrate! Your brother was dead, but he is now alive. He was lost and has now been found.”