Love Your Neighbor4 trong 10Chương 4 trong 10
Một người bố dọn dẹp phòng ngủ của đứa con. Nhưng con gái ông thì đang ở quán bar để nhậu nhẹt. Cô nhớ lại cô đã ăn cắp tiền từ cha và bỏ nhà ra đi như thế nào. Người cha nhớ đứa con gái bé bỏng của mình. Một cái lon vụt bay qua quán bar ngay trước mặt cô gái. Trong ký ức, cô nhớ về một người cha và con gái vừa chơi tạt lon vừa chuyện trò ríu ríu. Nhưng cậu con trai đứng cạnh cô ở quán bar ném cái lon đi. Họ uống rượu với nhau rồi cô gái về nhà với cậu ta. Cô cả thấy thật tồi tệ và vội chạy về căn hộ của mình. Người cha thức giấc và làm một cái lon khác. Gắn nó với một con diều màu đỏ thật đẹp, ông gửi nó bay lên không gian. Nó đậu xuống ngay căn hộ của cô con gái và họ cố gắng trò chuyện với nhau. Nhưng cô không nghe rõ vì xa quá. Họ bước về phía nhau, cắt chỉ và gắn nó vào để đến gần hơn và nghe rõ hơn. Cuối cùng người con gái thấy mình đang ngồi trên một chiếc xe bus. Người cha chờ đợi tại trạm xe. Cả hai nhớ lại những lúc vui buồn hai cha con có với nhau. Khi xe bus tới một trạm dừng, người con gái sắp xuống xe. Họ mỉm cười với nhau. Người cha rất hạnh phúc khi thấy con gái. Nhưng cô thả cái lon xuống và quay trở lại chiếc xe bus. Ở đó, trên ghế của cô, là một chiếc lon khác.
Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing. Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate. Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on. ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’ The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours. But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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