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THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS.
and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and
go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy
hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father.
But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him,
and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have-
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him ;
and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet : and
bring hither the fatted calf, an,d kill it ; and let us eat,
and be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive
again ; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be
merry. Now his elder son was in the field : and as he
came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and
dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked
what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy
brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted
calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And
he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came his
father out, and intreated him. And he answering said
to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither
*tansgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou
never gavest me^a kid, that I might make merry with my
friends : but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him
the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever
with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we
should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was
dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.
THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS.
and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and
go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy
hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father.
But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him,
and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have-
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him ;
and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet : and
bring hither the fatted calf, an,d kill it ; and let us eat,
and be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive
again ; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be
merry. Now his elder son was in the field : and as he
came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and
dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked
what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy
brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted
calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And
he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came his
father out, and intreated him. And he answering said
to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither
*tansgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou
never gavest me^a kid, that I might make merry with my
friends : but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him
the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever
with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we
should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was
dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.