But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Ver. 30. But as soon as this thy son] He saith not, this my brother; he would not once own him, because in poverty.
Which hath devoured thy living] q.d. which you were so hasty to give unto him before your death (which you need not have done), and now he hath made a fair hand of it.