There was a man that had two sons. The younger son went to his father and said to him, “Father, please give me now my part of your things.” So the father gave both sons the part of his things that each of them should have. After a few days, the younger son sold what his father had given to him. Then he took all the money and left home. He went on a long journey to a country far away. There, he did whatever he wanted to do and wasted all his money. After he had spent everything, there was no rain in that country. There was almost no food anywhere. So the young man had nothing to eat. He went to a man who lived in that country. He asked to work for him. So the man sent him into his fields to give food to his pigs. Nobody gave him anything to eat. He even wanted to eat the food that the pigs were eating. But he had nothing.
Then the son began to think about what he had done. He said to himself, “My father has many servants, and they have plenty of food to eat. They even have more food than they need. But I will die here because I do not have any food. So I will go to my father and tell him, ‘I have done bad things against God, and I have done bad things against you. So I am not good enough for you to call me your son any longer. Instead, please accept me as one of your servants.’ ”