Then he said to them, “Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

and they went on to another village.

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

When Jesus saw their faith he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

Then people will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’