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The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his living to them.
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Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and took his journey into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
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When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
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He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
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He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
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But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!
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I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
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I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'
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"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no more worthy to be called your son.'
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"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.