Luke 15:16-23

¹⁶He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.

¹⁷But, when he came to himself, he said ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!

¹⁸I will get up and go to my father, and say to him “Father, I sinned against heaven and against you;

¹⁹I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.”’

²⁰And he got up and went to his father. But, while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was deeply moved; he ran and threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.

²¹‘Father,’ the son said, ‘I sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.’

²²But the father turned to his servants and said ‘Be quick and fetch a robe — the very best — and put it on him; give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet;

²³and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;