26. And he summoned one of the slaves and asked what these things meant.
27. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has gotten him back healthy.’
28. But he became angry and did not want to go in. So his father came out and began to implore him.
29. But he answered and said to his father, ‘Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
30. But when this son of yours returned—who has consumed your assets with prostitutes—you killed the fattened calf for him!’
31. But he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and everything I have belongs to you.
32. But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!’ ”