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28 But the older son got angry and refused to go into [the house]. So, his father came out and pleaded with him [i.e., to come in and join the celebration].
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have served you [as a slave] for all these years and have never disobeyed any of your orders, yet you never gave me [even] a young goat, so I could enjoy myself with my friends.
30 But when this son of yours came [home], after having squandered all you gave him on prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 And the father replied, ‘Son, you are always [here] with me, and everything I have is yours.
32 But it was [only] proper that we celebrate and have a good time, for this brother of yours was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again; he was lost [from me] but [now] is found.’”