Luke:15:11-32
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And he said ,
A certain man had two sons :
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And the younger of them said to his father ,
Father ,
give me the portion of goods that falleth to me .
And he divided unto them his living .
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And not many days after the younger son gathered all together ,
and took his journey into a far country ,
and there wasted his substance with riotous living .
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And when he had spent all ,
there arose a mighty famine in that land ;
and he began to be in want .
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And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ;
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine .
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And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat :
and no man gave unto him .
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And when he came to himself ,
he said ,
How many hired servants of my father '
s have bread enough and to spare ,
and I perish with hunger !
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I will arise and go to my father ,
and will say unto him ,
Father ,
I have sinned against heaven ,
and before thee ,
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And am no more worthy to be called thy son :
make me as one of thy hired servants .
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And he arose ,
and came to his father .
But when he was yet a great way off ,
his father saw him ,
and had compassion ,
and ran ,
and fell on his neck ,
and kissed him .
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And the son said unto him ,
Father ,
I have sinned against heaven ,
and in thy sight ,
and am no more worthy to be called thy son .
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But the father said to his servants ,
Bring forth the best robe ,
and put it on him ;
and put a ring on his hand ,
and shoes on his feet :
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And bring hither the fatted calf ,
and kill it ;
and let us eat ,
and be merry :
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For this my son was dead ,
and is alive again ;
he was lost ,
and is found .
And they began to be merry .
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Now his elder son was in the field :
and as he came and drew nigh to the house ,
he heard musick and dancing .
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And he called one of the servants ,
and asked what these things meant .
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And he said unto him ,
Thy brother is come ;
and thy father hath killed the fatted calf ,
because he hath received him safe and sound .
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And he was angry ,
and would not go in :
therefore came his father out ,
and intreated him .
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And he answering said to his father ,
Lo ,
these many years do I serve thee ,
neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment :
and yet thou never gavest me a kid ,
that I might make merry with my friends :
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But as soon as this thy son was come ,
which hath devoured thy living with harlots ,
thou hast killed for him the fatted calf .
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And he said unto him ,
Son ,
thou art ever with me ,
and all that I have is thine .
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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 .