^{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.

^{31 Ref} `And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

^{32 Ref} but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'