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Luke 15:30

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But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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  1. Luke 15:28

    And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

  2. Luke 15:29

    And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

  3. Luke 15:31

    And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

  4. Luke 15:32

    It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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