The prodigal son had much to repent. The older brother needed to repent as well -- not of his badness, but of his "goodness." It is his self-righteousness and entitlement that leaves him outside of his father's house and far from his father's heart. The father treats the elder son much like the younger one. He humbles himself and goes out to him, and us, in the loving hope that we will take our seat at his table.
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