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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 substance which falls to my share. And he divided with them his fortune. 13 And not many days after, the younger son, collecting his all, travelled into a far distant country, and there dissipated his substance in a life of debauchery. 14 But when he had spent all, there came a terrible famine in that region; and he began to know want. 15 And he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he eagerly longed to fill his belly with the charob berries which the swine did eat: and no person gave him a morsel . 17 Then coming to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father abound with loaves of bread, and I am pining away with famine! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 and I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hirelings. 20 And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet at a considerable distance, his father discovered him, and was moved with compassion, and running, fell on his neck, and kissed him again and again. 21 Then said the son unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Luke 15:11-21, Haweis New Testament. Public domain.
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