²⁸ “The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him, ²⁹ but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve worked hard for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to; and in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends. ³⁰ Yet when this son of yours comes back after spending your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the finest calf we have on the place.’