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Parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15)
>11Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.
The father is God, the sons are followers of His
>12The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
>13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
One follower strays away from the path, thinking he can do better on his own, with his own way of life
>14After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. 15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
This however got him pretty much destroyed, at the deaths door.
>17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! 18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
>20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
>21The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.b’
He repents, he returns to God and His ways, he admits his error and asks humbly for forgiveness
