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and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
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for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry.
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"Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.
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And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him 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, 'Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
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But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!'
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And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"