But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. Mark the unworthy reflection on the common father of both, implied in these expressions - "thy son," "thy living;" the one brother not only disowning the other, but flinging him back upon his father, as if he should say, 'If such be the emotions which his return awakens, take him, and have joy of him!'