And he said to him, Son, thou art ever with me: and all that I have is thine.
But as soon as this thy son had come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, but the Son abideth for ever.
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
Who are Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;