were eating, but no one gave him any.
015:017 "But on coming to himself he said, "`How many of my father's
hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am
dying of hunger!
015:018 I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have
sinned against Heaven and before you:
015:019 I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours:
treat me as one of your hired men.'
015:020 "So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still
a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran
and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly.
015:021 "`Father,' cried the son, `I have sinned against Heaven
and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called
a son of yours.'
015:022 "But the father said to his servants, "`Fetch a good coat quickly--
the best one--and put it on him; and bring a ring for his
finger and shoes for his feet.
015:023 Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;
015:024 for my son here was dead and has come to life again:
he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.
015:025 "Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned
and came near home, he heard music and dancing.
015:026 Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.
015:027 "`Your brother has come,' he replied; `and your father
has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home
safe and sound.'
015:028 "Then he was angry and would not go in. But his father came
out and entreated him.
015:029 "`All these years,' replied the son, `I have been slaving for you,
and I have never at any time disobeyed any of your orders,