Luke 15:16-23

¹⁶And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.

¹⁷And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father’s house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?

¹⁸I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:

¹⁹I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

²⁰And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

²¹And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son.

²²And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

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