And he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.
Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,
'Your brother has come back,' the servant told him, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.'
Hearing a crowd going by, the man asked what was the matter;
They were all utterly amazed and bewildered. "What does it mean?" they asked one another.