Luke 15:24-29
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24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
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26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
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27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
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28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
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29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: