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12 The younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he divided his property between them.
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The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living.
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“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
14 When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
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After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.
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So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
16 He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything.
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He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
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