“‘ My son,’ the father said,‘ you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

父亲对他说：‘儿啊！你常和我同在，我一切所有的都是你的；

父亲对他说：‘儿啊！你常和我同在，我所有的一切都是你的；

父亲对他说：‘儿啊！你常和我同在，我所有的一切都是你的；

“父亲对他说，‘孩子啊！你一直在我身边，我所有的一切都是你的。

父亲对他说：‘孩子，你常跟我在一起，我的一切都是你的。

“父亲对他说：‘孩子啊，你一直与我在一起，我的一切都是你的。

父親對他說：『兒啊！你常和我同在，我一切所有的都是你的；

父親對他說：『兒啊！你常和我同在，我所有的一切都是你的；

父親對他說：『兒啊！你常和我同在，我所有的一切都是你的；

「父親對他說，『孩子啊！你一直在我身邊，我所有的一切都是你的。

父親對他說：‘孩子，你常跟我在一起，我的一切都是你的。

父親對他說：「孩子，你始終跟我在一起，我的一切都是你的。

「父親對他說：『孩子啊，你一直與我在一起，我的一切都是你的。

父曰、子乎、爾常偕我、我所有者、

父曰、子常偕我、我所有者、皆為爾有、

父曰、吾子、爾常偕我、我所有者、皆為爾有、

父曰：「兒乎、汝常與予偕、予之所有、皆汝之所有也。汝弟則死而復生、失而復得、故宜歡忻鼓舞、而慶祝之。」』

“‘ My son,’ the father said,‘ you are always with me. Everything I have is yours.

And he said to him,‘ Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

“ His father said to him,‘ Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.

“‘ Son,’ he said to him,‘ you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

And he said to him,‘ Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.

“ And he said to him,‘ Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

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

“‘ Son,’ he said to him,‘ you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

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

Then the father said to him,‘ Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

“ He said to him,‘ Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.

I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

“ First let the children eat all they want,” he told her,“ for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”“ Lord,” she replied,“ even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

“ But he answered one of them,‘ I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’“ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

“ His master replied,‘ I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

“ Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”