Prodigal Son. The Parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the parables of Jesus in the Bible and appears in Luke 15:11-32.
Jesus shares it with his disciples, the Pharisees and others. In the story, a father has two sons.
The younger son asks the father for his inheritance, and the father grants his son's request. However, the younger son is prodigal and squanders his fortune, eventually becoming destitute.
The younger son is forced to return home empty-handed and intends to beg his father to accept him back as a servant. To the son's surprise, he is not scorned by his father but is welcomed back with celebration and fanfare.
Envious, the older son refuses to participate in the festivities. The father tells the older son you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours, but thy younger brother was lost and now he is found. It is the third and final part of a cycle on redemption, following the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the Lost Coin. In Revised Common Lectionary and Roman Rite Catholic Lectionary, this parable is read on the fourth Sunday of Lent; in the latter it is also included in the long form of the Gospel on the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time in Year C, along with the preceding two parables of the cycle. In the Eastern Orthodox Church it is read on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The parable begins with a man who had two sons, and the younger of them asks his father to
Jesus shares it with his disciples, the Pharisees and others. In the story, a father has two sons.
The younger son asks the father for his inheritance, and the father grants his son's request. However, the younger son is prodigal and squanders his fortune, eventually becoming destitute.
The younger son is forced to return home empty-handed and intends to beg his father to accept him back as a servant. To the son's surprise, he is not scorned by his father but is welcomed back with celebration and fanfare.
Envious, the older son refuses to participate in the festivities. The father tells the older son you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours, but thy younger brother was lost and now he is found. It is the third and final part of a cycle on redemption, following the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the Lost Coin. In Revised Common Lectionary and Roman Rite Catholic Lectionary, this parable is read on the fourth Sunday of Lent; in the latter it is also included in the long form of the Gospel on the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time in Year C, along with the preceding two parables of the cycle. In the Eastern Orthodox Church it is read on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The parable begins with a man who had two sons, and the younger of them asks his father to
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