But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine.
Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:
I SAY then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?
But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.
Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever; but the son abideth for ever.