20`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;
21and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.
22`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;
23and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,
24because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
25`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,
26and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,