And he said unto him, Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours.
But as soon as this your son came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.
It was right that we should make merry, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
And the servant abides not in the house forever: but the Son abides ever.
I say then, Has God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;