Riverside(i)
21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son' —
22 But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out quickly the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;
23 and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry.
24 For this, my son, was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to be merry.
25 Now his older son was in the field, and when on returning he drew near the house he heard music and dancing.
26 Calling to him one of the servants, he inquired what this was. The servant said to him,
27 'Your brother has come and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back in health.'
28 But he grew angry, and would not go in. Then his father came out and begged him.
29 But he answered his father, 'See, all these years I have been serving you, and I never broke a command of yours, yet you have never given me a kid to make merry with my friends.
30 But when this son of yours, who has wasted your property with bad women, came, you have killed for him the fattened calf.'
31 But the father said to him, 'Child, you are always with me and all that I have is yours.
32 We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.'