Luke 15:25–31 · BSB
15:25
Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26
So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
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15:27
‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
15:28
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
15:29
But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
15:31
‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
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