Luke 15:11–21

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

¹¹And He said, “A man had two sons.

¹²“And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me ^athe share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his ^1bwealth between them.

¹³“And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.

¹⁴“Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.

¹⁵“So he went and ¹hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

¹⁶“And he was desiring to be fed with the ¹pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.

¹⁷“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

¹⁸‘I will rise up and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you.

¹⁹“I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men.”’

²⁰“So he rose up and came to ¹his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and ^2aembraced him and kissed him.

²¹“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’