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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.`
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He said to him, `Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.`"