Luke 14: 15-24

  
   Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

   And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us ear, and be merry:

   For this my son was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found. and they began to be merry.

   Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

   And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

   And he said unto him, The brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

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

   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 gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

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

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

   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.