^{28 Ref} But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

^{29 Ref} But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

^{30 Ref} But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

^{31 Ref} "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

^{32 Ref} But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"