Luke 15:11-32
King James Version (KJV)
11And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to
me. And he divided unto them his living.
13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together,
and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14And
when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15And
he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And
he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17And
when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish
with hunger!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and before thee,
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired
servants.
20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father
saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21And the son said unto
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22But
the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best 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 be merry:
24For
this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
25Now
his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26And
he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27And he said unto him, Thy brother
is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28And
he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
29And he answering
said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou
never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30But as soon as this thy son was
come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31And
he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32It was meet that we
should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
