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Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the
Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners
and eats with them."

So Jesus told them this parable:

"There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 'Father,
give me the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he divided his
property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and
traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute
living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that
country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the
citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would
gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave
him anything. But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired
hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up
and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven
and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of
your hired hands."' So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still
far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms
around him and kissed him. Then the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father
said to his slaves, 'Quickly, bring out a robe--the best one--and put it on him;
put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill
it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and is alive again;
he was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

"Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he
heard music and dancing. He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on.
He replied, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf,
because he has got him back safe and sound.' Then he became angry and refused to go
in. His father came out and began to plead with him. But he answered his father,
'Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have
never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that
I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came back, who has
devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!' Then
the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is
yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead
and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.'"

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