"Did you hear about your son?"
"No, what?"
"He's been institutionalized."
"Where?"
"Down at the house of religion."
"No, not my son!"
"Yes, he's down there worshipping idols---you know, those statues they have on the floor."
"Well, I'm not giving up. I will pray for the Holy Spirit to visit my son and remind him of the lesson he learned when he was young and the words the Lord said, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Then the son said,
" I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 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 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.
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: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry." (Luke 15: 18-24)
"No, what?"
"He's been institutionalized."
"Where?"
"Down at the house of religion."
"No, not my son!"
"Yes, he's down there worshipping idols---you know, those statues they have on the floor."
"Well, I'm not giving up. I will pray for the Holy Spirit to visit my son and remind him of the lesson he learned when he was young and the words the Lord said, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Then the son said,
" I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 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 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.
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: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry." (Luke 15: 18-24)
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