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|And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
 
|And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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|Soon afterward the younger son took everything he could and left for a distant land, where he wasted his life with women and booze.  
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|Soon afterward the younger son took everything he could and left for a distant land, where he wasted his life through careless, sinful behavior.  
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|I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
 
|I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
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|I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and against you,
 
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|And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
 
|And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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|And I am unworthy of being called your son: treat me as you would a hired hand instead.'
 
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|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 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.
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|And so he got up, and headed back to his father.  But when he was still far from home, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran to him, and embraced him, and kissed him.
 
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|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.
 
|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.
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|And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and against you, and I am unworthy of being called your son.
 
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|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:
 
|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:
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|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:
 
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|And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
 
|And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
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|And bring the finest calf here, and butcher it; and let us eat, and celebrate:
 
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|For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
 
|For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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|For my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to celebrate.
 
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|Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
 
|Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
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|Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing.
 
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|And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
 
|And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
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|And he called to one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
 
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|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 said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
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|And the servant replied, 'Your brother has come home; and your father is serving the finest calf, because he has been returned to him safe and sound.'
 
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|And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
 
|And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
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|And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore his father came out, and pleaded with him.
 
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