When they had journeyed through the towns and cities of the land of Galilee, the Lord with his disciples came to Tiberius, and here they met a few who loved the name of Christ.
2 And Jesus told them many things about the inner life; but when the multitudes came up, he spoke a parable; he said,
3 A certain man with great possessions had two sons. The youngest son grew tired of life at home and said,
4 My father, pray divide your wealth and give the portion that is mine to me, and I will seek my fortune in another land.
5 The father did as he desired, and with his wealth the young man went into a foreign land.
6 He was a profligate and soon had squandered all his wealth in ways of sin.
7 When nothing else remained for him to do he found employment in the fields to care for swine.
8 And he was hungry and no one gave him aught to eat, and so he ate the carob pods that he was feeding to the swine.
9 And after many days he found himself and said unto himself, My father is a man of wealth; he has a score of servants who are bountifully fed while I, his son, am starving in the fields among the swine.
10 I do not hope to be received again as son, but I will rise and go straight to my father’s house, and I will make confession of my waywardness;