"But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.
Luke 15:28
Surrounding context
15:27 And he said to him, "Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'
15:28 "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.
15:29 So he answered and said to his father, "Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.