28 But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him. 29 But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never [a]neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; 30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your [b](A)wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 15:29 Or disobeyed
  2. Luke 15:30 Lit living