²⁹ But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I’ve slaved away for you—not once did I ignore your order. Yet you’ve never given me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. ³⁰ But when this son of yours came—the one who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes—for him you killed the fattened calf!”

³¹ “Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that is mine is yours.