No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.
The younger of them said to his father, »`Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' «So he divided his wealth between them.
At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.
but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'
He said also to His disciples: »There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.
»There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were so far away have been brought near through the death of Christ.
So He came and proclaimed good news of peace to you who were so far away, and peace to those who were near;
being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you.