²⁷ and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

²⁸ `And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

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;