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24 I thought that my son here was dead. But now he has returned to me and he is alive! I thought that he had left me for all time. But now he has come home.” Then they all began to be happy together.

25 While these things were happening, the older son was working in the field.[a] On his way back to the house, he heard music. People were dancing. 26 So he asked one of the servants, “What is happening?”

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  1. 15:25 The older son was like the Pharisees. Many of them thought that they had never done anything wrong. So they were not happy when bad people came to Jesus.