“The elder son then as a husbandman was engaged in husbandry, digging not the land, but the field of the soul, and planting trees of salvation, that is to say, the virtues.”
Titus of Bostra, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Original
25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
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In context
23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
— Luke 15:25 —
26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.