They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’