»Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing.«
for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' »And they began to be merry.
Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.
They are like children sitting in the public square and calling out to one another, `We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not shown sorrow.'