Luke 15:11–21

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SON

¹¹He also said, “A man had two sons. ¹²The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them. ¹³Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered^t his estate in foolish living.^{u 14}After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.^{B 15}Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.^{v 16}He longed to eat his fill from^C the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything. ¹⁷When he came to his senses,^D he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger! ¹⁸I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned^a against heaven^b and in your sight. ¹⁹I’m no longer worthy^c to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired workers.” ’ ²⁰So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion.^d He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed^e him. ²¹The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’