But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have been serving you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

Without

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'

You let go of the commandment of God, and hold on to the tradition of men."

And i died

Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit to God.

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.

General references

And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

of sin, because they do not believe in me;