Mace(i)
25 In the mean time his elder son was in the country. at his return, when he came near home, he heard the musick and dancing:
26 and calling one of the servants, he ask'd what was the occasion of it,
27 who reply'd, your brother is return'd, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him in good health.
28 upon this he was full of resentment, and refused to go in: and when his father came out to persuade him, he replied to his father,
29 how many years have I serv'd you, without having ever disobey'd your orders? and yet you never bestow'd a kid upon me, to make merry with my friends:
30 whereas this son of yours, who has eat up his fortune among a pack of loose creatures, is no sooner come but you must kill the fatted calf for him.