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And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.'
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But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
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but he answered his father, 'Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might 1celebrate with my friends.
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But when this son of yours came, 2who has devoured 3your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
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And he said to him, 'Son, 4you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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It was fitting 5to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother 6was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"