015:011 He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.
015:012 The younger of them said to his father, "`Father, give me
the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided
his wealth between them.
015:013 No long time afterwards the younger son got all together
and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money
in debauchery and excess.
015:014 At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible
famine throughout that country, and he began to feel
the pinch of want.
015:015 So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants
of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
015:016 and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine
were eating, but no one gave him any.
015:017 "But on coming to himself he said, "`How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!
015:018 I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have
sinned against Heaven and before you:
015:019 I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours:
treat me as one of your hired men.'
015:020 "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.