18. I will leave and return to my father. I’ll say to him: Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
19. I am not good enough to be called your son. But let me be like one of your servants.’
20. So the son left and went to his father.“While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. He felt sorry for his son. So the father ran to him, and hugged and kissed him.
21. The son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against God and against you. I am not good enough to be called your son.’