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So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
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And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything.
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But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
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I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
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I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."'
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And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
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And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
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But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes 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 is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry.
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"Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.