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And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
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I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
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I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
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And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.
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But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
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and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
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for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
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And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.
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And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.