Luke 15:11-21

11 Again Yeshua said, "A man had two sons.
12 The younger of them said to his father, `Father, give me the share of the estate that will be mine.' So the father divided the property between them.
13 As soon as he could convert his share into cash, the younger son left home and went off to a distant country, where he squandered his money in reckless living.
14 But after he had spent it all, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch.
15 "So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 He longed to fill his stomach with the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him any.
17 "At last he came to his senses and said, `Any number of my father's hired workers have food to spare; and here I am, starving to death!
18 I'm going to get up and go back to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you;
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers." '
20 So he got up and started back to his father. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran and threw his arms around him and kissed him warmly.
21 His son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son --'

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