³⁸ As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

⁴⁵ You did not give me a kiss,^(A) but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet.

²⁰ So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.^(A)

³⁷ They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.^(A)