^{25 Ref} `And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

²⁶ and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

^{27 Ref} and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

^{28 Ref} `And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

^{29 Ref} and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

^{30 Ref} but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.