Upon this offspring's return in Luke 15, the fatted calf is killed
[DOC] [TLE] Luke 15:23 Commentaries: and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let ... [PAR] And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: ... to him the 
special characteristic of St. Luke's Gospel, viz., the stress which it lays on the ... a 
Father, and our Father, will be of great use in our repentance and return to him.