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Now his elder son was in the field. As he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
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He said to him, `Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him safe and sound.`
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But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.
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But he answered his father, `Behold, these many years I served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, and you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
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But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.`