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To illustrate the point further,Jesus told them this story:
"A man had two sons.
The younger son told his father, 'I want my share of your
estate now before you die.
'So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.
"A few days later this younger son packed
all his belongings and moved to a distant land,
and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
About the time his money ran out,
a great famine swept over the land,
and he began to starve.
He persuaded a local farmer
to hire him,
and the man sent him
into his fields to feed the pigs.
The young man became so hu
that even the pigs he was fee
the pigs looked good to him.
But no one gave him anything
"When he finally came
the hired servants have
and here I am dying of
I will go home to my father and say.
"Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
nd I am no longer wor
Please take me on as a
So he returned home to his father.
is father saw him coming.
Filled with love and compas
embraced him, and kissed h
His son said to him,
'But his father said to
Quick!
Bring the finest robe in the
Get a ring for his finger an
And kill the calf we have
We must celebrate with
for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life.
He was lost, but now he is found.
'So the party beg
"Meanwhile,
the older son was in the fields wo
When he returned home,
he heard music and dancing in
and he asked one of the servants what was going on.
'Your brother is back,
'he was told,
'and your father has killed
We are celebrating because
"The older brother wa
and wouldn't go in.
His father came out and bagged him,
but he replied,
'All these years I'v
and never once refu
And in all that time
Yet when this son of yours com
your money on prostitutes, yo
'His father said to him,
'Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me,
and everything I have is yours.
Parable of the Lost Son
But no one gave him anything
I am no longer warthy of
being called your son.
this son of mine was
He was lost, but now
ok, dear s
your b
and has com
but now
ok, dear s
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