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 falls to me .
And he divided to them his living .
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And not many days after ,
the younger son ,
having gathered all together ,
journeyed into a distant country ,
and there he squandered his wealth living recklessly .
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And when he spent all ,
a mighty famine developed in that country ,
and he began to be in want .
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And having gone ,
he was joined to one of the citizens of that country ,
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine .
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And he longed to fill his belly from the husks that the swine ate ,
and no man gave to him .
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But when he came to himself ,
he said ,
How many hired men of my father '
s have abundance of loaves ,
but I am perishing with hunger .
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After rising ,
I will go to my father ,
and will say to him ,
Father ,
I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight .
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I am no more worthy to be called thy son .
Make me as one of thy hired men .
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And having risen ,
he went to his father .
But while he was still distant ,
afar off ,
his father saw him and felt compassion .
And having ran ,
he fell on his neck ,
and kissed him much .
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And the son said to him ,
Father ,
I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight .
I am no more worthy to be called thy son .
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But the father said to his bondmen ,
Bring forth the best robe and clothe him ,
and give a ring for his hand ,
and shoes for his feet .
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And having brought the fatted calf ,
kill it ,
and having eaten ,
we will be cheerful ,
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because this my son was dead ,
and became alive again .
And he was lost ,
and is found .
And they began to be cheerful .
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But his elder son was in a field .
And while coming ,
having approached the house ,
he heard music and dancing .
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And having summoned one of the boys ,
and inquired what these things might be .
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And he said to him ,
Thy brother arrived ,
and thy father has killed the fatted calf ,
because he received him back healthy .
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But he was angry ,
and would not go in .
Therefore ,
his father having come out ,
he called him .
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But having answered ,
he said to his father ,
Lo ,
so many years do I serve thee ,
and I never passed by a commandment of thine ,
and yet thou never gave me a goat that I might be merry with my friends .
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But when this thy son came ,
who has devoured thy living with harlots ,
thou killed for him the fatted calf .
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And he said to him ,
Child ,
thou are always with me ,
and all my things are yours .
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But it was needful to make merry and be glad ,
because this thy brother was dead ,
and became alive again ,
and was lost ,
and was found .
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