rsv Luke:15:16-24
rsv@Luke:15:16 @ And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything.
rsv@Luke:15:17 @ But when he came to himself he said, `How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
rsv@Luke:15:18 @ I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
rsv@Luke:15:19 @ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."'
rsv@Luke:15:20 @ And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
rsv@Luke:15:21 @ And the son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
rsv@Luke:15:22 @ But the father said to his servants, `Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;
rsv@Luke:15:23 @ and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
rsv@Luke:15:24 @ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry.