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The Parable of the Lost Son
And he said, A certain man had
two sons: 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. 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. And when he had spent
all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he
began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a
citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields
to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave
unto him.
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! I will arise and go to my
father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy
to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired
servants.
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. 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.
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: And bring hither the fatted
calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For
this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost,
and is found. And they began to be merry.
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and
drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And
he called one of the servants, and asked what these
things meant. 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.
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came
his father out, and intreated him. 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: But as soon as this thy son was come,
which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast
killed for him the fatted calf.
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and
all that I have is thine. 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.
Luke 15: 11-32 |
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