Luke 15:22-32 ▼

22 But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:

23 And bryng hyther that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery.

25 The elder brother was in the fielde: and when he came and drewe nye to the house, he hearde minstrelsie & daunsing,

26 And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

27 And he sayde vnto hym: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fat calfe, because he hath receaued hym safe and sounde.

28 And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym.

29 He aunswered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes:

30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe.

31 And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,

32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde.