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20 "So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly. 21 "'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.' 22 "But the father said to his servants, "'Fetch a good coat quickly--the best one--and put it on him; and bring a ring for his finger and shoes for his feet. 23 Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves; 24 for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry. Luke 15:20-24, Weymouth New Testament. Public domain.
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