In reply he said to his father, ‘ Here it is so many years I have slaved for you and never once did I transgress your commandment, and yet to me you never once gave a kid for me to enjoy myself with my friends.
परन्तु जब तेरा यह पुत्र, जिस ने तेरी संपत्ति वेश्‍याओं में उड़ा दी है, आया, तो उसके लिये तू ने पला हुआ बछड़ा कटवाया । ” — लूका १५: २८ - ३०.