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But when he came to himself he said, "How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!
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I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands." '
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
