A certain man had two sons and one day the younger of these sons said to his
father "give me my share of your estate now"
So his father divided his wealth between his two sons and a few days later
this younger son set off for a distant land, and there he squandered all of
the money he had on riotous living
Now not long after this, a great famine swept over the land and the boy began
to starve, he persuaded a farmer to hire him to feed his pigs but he was so
hungry the the husks he was feeding the swine began to look good to him
Finally the boy said, "at home even my fathers servants had enough food and
here I am starving to death, I will return home and ask my father to hire me
as one of his servants", and so he set off
Now his father saw him coming and he was so filled with compassion that he ran
towards his son and embraced him and kissed him
The boy said "father I have sinned against heaven and you I am not worthy to
be called your son"
His father called the servants and said "bring me the finest robe in the house
and put it on him, put rings on his hands and shoes on his feet, kill the fatted
calf we must celebrate with a feast
Now the older brother at this time came back to the house, he heard the noise
of music and dancing he called the servants and asked what was happening and
he was told
The older brother became angry and he refused to enter the house and the father
came out and tried to plead with him, but he wouldn't listen
"I have worked for you all this time all these years and never once have I
disobeyed you and in all that time you never have even gave me as much as a
goat to have a feast with my friends"
"My younger brother comes back having spent all your money on harlots and for
him you kill the fatted calf"
Please said the father try to understand all I have is yours, your brother was
dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found so it is right to celebrate
