King James Version (KJV)

Luke 15:28

“‹And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.›”

Verse in context — Luke 15

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

‹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 gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:›

30

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

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