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Luke 15:31

Modern English Version

“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 living with harlots, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

But it was fitting to be merry and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”

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

I say then, has God rejected His people? God forbid! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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

who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises,