Gospel - Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Now all the
tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the
Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This
fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’
So he told them this parable:
‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to
his father, “Father, give me the share of the property that will
belong to me.” So he divided his property between them. A few
days later the younger son gathered all he had and travelled to a
distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute
living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place
throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and
hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent
him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled
himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him
anything. But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my
father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I
am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say
to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I
am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your
hired hands.’ ” So he set off and went to his father. But
while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with
compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. Then
the son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and
before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” But
the father said to his slaves, “Quickly, bring out a
robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his
finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill it,
and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and is
alive again; he was lost and is found!” And they began to celebrate.
‘Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and
approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called one of
the slaves and asked what was going on. He replied, “Your
brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because
he has got him back safe and sound.” Then he became angry and
refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him.
But he answered his father, “Listen! For all these years I have
been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your
command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I
might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came
back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the
fatted calf for him!” Then the father said to him, “Son,
you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to
celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has
come to life; he was lost and has been found.” ’
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