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Luke 15:31

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘ “Son,” he said to him, “you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

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They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

And who has ever given to God, that he should be repaid? ,

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.”

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” ’

A slave does not remain in the household for ever, but a son does remain for ever.