| 11 Jesus continued: \"There was a man who had two
sons.
12 The younger one said to his father, \'Father, give
me my share of the estate.\' So he divided his
property between them.
13 \"Not long after that, the younger son got together
all he had, set off for a distant country and there
squandered his wealth in wild living.
14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe
famine in that whole country, and he began to be in
need.
15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that
country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the
pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 \"When he came to his senses, he said, \'How
many of my father\'s hired men have food to spare,
and here I am starving to death!
18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to
him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and
against you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make
me like one of your hired men.\'
20 So he got up and went to his father. \"But while he
was still a long way off, his father saw him and was
filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son,
threw his arms around him and kissed him.
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