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Luke 15:29

World English Bible

But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

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Luke 15:29 in other translations

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Luke 15:29 · American Standard Version

Luke 15:29 in context

  1. 27He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’
  2. 28But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.
  3. 29But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
  4. 30But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
  5. 31“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.