Luke 15:16-23

¹⁶And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

¹⁷And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

¹⁸I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

²⁰And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

²¹And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

²²But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in it, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

²³and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: