29 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse al padre: Ecco, già tanti anni io ti servo, e non ho giammai trapassato alcun tuo comandamento; e pur giammai tu non mi hai dato un capretto, per rallegrarmi co’ miei amici.
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But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
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