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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.
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Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
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for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to be merry.
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"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.