And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all mine are thine.
And when this thy son, devouring thy property with harlots, came, thou hast sacrificed for him the fattened calf.
And to be gladdened, and to rejoice, was fitting: for this thy brother was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found.
And the servant remains not in the house forever; the Son remains forever.
I say then, Has God rejected his people It may not be. For I also am an Israelite, of Abraham's seed, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Or who first gave to him, and it shall be given back to him?
Who are Israelites; whose the adoption as a son, and the glory, and covenants, and legislation, and divine worship, and solemn promises;