But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

Without

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

And i died

In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

General references

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

Of sin, because they have not faith in me;