servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm
dying with hunger!
015:018 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
015:019 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one
of your hired servants."'
015:020 "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still
far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion,
and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
015:021 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven,
and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
015:022 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe,
and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes
on his feet.
015:023 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
015:024 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost,
and is found.' They began to celebrate.
015:025 "Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house,
he heard music and dancing.
015:026 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
015:027 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has
killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back
safe and healthy.'
015:028 But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father
came out, and begged him.
015:029 But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have
served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours,
but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate
with my friends.
015:030 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living
with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
015:031 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is
mine is yours.
015:032 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this,
your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost,
and is found.'"
016:001 He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man
who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this
man was wasting his possessions.
016:002 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you?
Give an accounting of your management, for you can no
longer be manager.'
016:003 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that
my lord is taking away the management position from me?
I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
016:004 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management,
they may receive me into their houses.'
016:005 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first,
'How much do you owe to my lord?'
016:006 He said, 'A hundred batos{100 batos is about 395 litres,
104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial gallons.} of oil.'
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