^{28 Ref} But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

^{29 Ref} But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

^{30 Ref} But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

^{31 Ref} And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.

^{32 Ref} But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.