“But the kind father was still desirous to save him, saying, Thou art ever with me, either as a Jew in the law, or as the righteous man in communion with Him. For if he ceases to envy, he will feel all things to be his, either as the Jew possessing the sacraments of the Old Testament, or as a baptized person those of t…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
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29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
— Luke 15:31 —
32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.