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Do I serve thee (douleuō soi). Progressive present tense of this old verb from doulos (slave) which the elder son uses to picture his virtual slavery in staying at home and perhaps with longings to follow the younger son (Robertson, Grammar, p. 879).
Transgressed (parēlthon). Second aorist active indicative of parerchomai, to pass by. Not even once (aorist) in contrast with so many years of service (linear present).
A kid (eriphon). Some MSS. have eriphion, diminutive, a little kid. So margin of Westcott and Hort. B has it also in Mat 25:32, the only other N.T. passage where the word occurs.
That I might make merry (hina euphranthō). Final clause, first aorist passive subjunctive of the same verb used in Luk 15:23, Luk 15:25.