is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be 25 merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew 26 nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called to him one of the [6]servants, and inquired what these things might 27 be. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and 28 sound. But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came 29 out, and intreated him. 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 30 might make merry with my friends: but when this thy son came, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him 31 the fatted calf. And he said unto him, [7]Son, thou art ever with 32 me, and all that is mine is thine. But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive _again_; and _was_ lost, and is found. [Footnote 1: Gr. _drachma_, a coin worth about sixteen cents.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _the_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _the pods of the carob tree_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _kissed him much_.] [Footnote 5: Some ancient authorities add _make me as one of thy hired servants_. See ver. 19.] [Footnote 6: Gr. _bondservants_.] [Footnote 7: Gr. _Child_.] § 117. THREE PARABLES ON STEWARDSHIP (TO THE DISCIPLES, THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD; TO THE PHARISEES, THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS; TO THE DISCIPLES, THE PARABLE OF THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS) Probably in Perea Luke 16:1-17:10