Bible Verses

 Take the fattened calf and kill it! We shall celebrate and have a feast,

 But the father turned to his servants:  ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Bring out the finest robe and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet! 

 The son said:  ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.’

He was still a long way off when his father caught sight of him. His father was so deeply moved with compassion that he ran out to meet him, threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. 

I no longer deserve to be called your son. Treat me then as one of your hired servants.’ With that thought in mind, he set off for his father’s house.

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God and before you. 

Finally coming to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 

He was so hungry that he longed to eat even the food given to the pigs, but no one offered him anything. 

He then hired himself out to a prosperous citizen and was sent to work on a pig farm. 

After spending everything, he faced hardship when a severe famine struck that land.