So he summoned one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what this meant.
They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What could this be? ”