King
James Bible of 1611 
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12 And the yonger of them said to his father, Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his liuing.
13 And not many days after, the yonger sonne gathered altogether, and tooke his journey into a farre country, and there wasted his substance with riotous liuing.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, and he beganne to be in want.
15 And he went and ioyned himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him unto his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would faine have filled his belly with the huskes that the swine did eate & no man gaue unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired seruants of my fathers haue bread inough and to spare, and I perish with hunger:
18 I will arise and goe to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen and before thee.
19 And am no more worthy to called thy sonne; make me as one of thy hired seruants.
20 And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and came, and fell on his necke, and kissed him.
21 And the sonne said unto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.
11 He said,
"There was a man who had two sons.
12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the
estate.' So he divided his property between them.
13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had,
set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild
living.
14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole
country, and he began to be in need.
15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who
sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating,
but no one gave him anything.
17 When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired
men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have
sinned against heaven and against you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your
hired men.'
20 So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long
way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he
ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21 The son said to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and
against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son."
