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464 RIST REDEEMS THE WO D
THE RETURN THB PR IGAL SON
''His elder son was in the eld, and when he came and drew nigh to the house and heard music, he called one of the servants and asked what this meant. The servant said to h , 'Thy brother is come and thy father ha killed the fatt calf because he hath re­ ceived him safe.'
''Hearing this, the elder son became angry and would not go into the house. His father, therefore, came out and began to entreat him to come in; but he, answering, said to his father, 'Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandments, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends. But as soon as