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11 Then he said: A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the property that falls to me. And he divided his estate between them. 13 And not many days after, the younger son, taking with him all that was his, left home for a distant country, and there wasted his property in riotous living. 14 When he had spent all, there was a great famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods which the swine did eat. And no one gave to him. 17 But when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, 19 and am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. And while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell upon his neck, and kissed him. 21 But his son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son. Luke 15:11-21, Anderson New Testament. Public domain.
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