Luke 15:31

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And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

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But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fatted calf for him.'

But it was necessary to be merry and to rejoice, because your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' "

And a slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

"Or who has first given to Him, and it shall be repaid to him?"

who are Israelites, of whom are the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the worship, and the promises;