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and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants." '
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And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
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And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
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But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
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And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
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for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.
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Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
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And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'
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But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.
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So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.