And he said to him, Child, thou are always with me, and all my things are yours.
who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises,
I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?
But when this thy son came, who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou killed for him the fatted calf.
But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.
And the bondman does not remain in the house into the age. The Son remains into the age.