MLV(i)
28 But he was angry and was not willing to enter and therefore his father came out and was pleading him.
29 But he answered and said to his father, Behold, I did serve you for so-many years, and I never passed over a commandment of yours, and yet you never gave me a young goat, in order that I might be joyous with my friends. 30 But when this one, your son came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you sacrificed the fattened calf for him.
31 Now he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all the things which are mine are yours. 32 But we ought to be joyous and rejoice, because this one, your brother was dead, and then lived again, and was perishing and then was found.
29 But he answered and said to his father, Behold, I did serve you for so-many years, and I never passed over a commandment of yours, and yet you never gave me a young goat, in order that I might be joyous with my friends. 30 But when this one, your son came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you sacrificed the fattened calf for him.
31 Now he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all the things which are mine are yours. 32 But we ought to be joyous and rejoice, because this one, your brother was dead, and then lived again, and was perishing and then was found.