29. and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;
30. but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
31. `And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;
32. but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'