Luke 15:32
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
It was meet that we should make merry,.... Both father, son, and servants; See Gill on "Luke 15:23" see Gill on "Luke 15:24" and this elder brother also, because of the relation he stood in to him: and if he had had the same spiritual affection the apostle had for his brethren and kinsmen, according to the flesh, Romans 9:3 and he would have rejoiced at the conversion and return of sinners by repentance:
and be glad; as his father was, and the angels in heaven be; see Luke 15:10
for this thy brother, though he would not own him as such,
was dead, and is alive again, and was lost, and is found: see Gill on "Luke 15:24" and so the parable is concluded, the elder brother being silenced, and having nothing to say against such strong reasoning.