Prodigal son

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

​(Luke 15:11–32)

​A man had two sons.

The younger son asked for his share of the inheritance early, left home, and wasted all his money on wild living.

When a severe famine struck the land, he became destitute and found work feeding pigs, eventually longing to eat the pods the pigs ate.

​Realizing his father’s servants lived better than he did, he returned home to beg for a job as a hired hand.

While he was still a long way off, his father saw him, felt deep compassion, and ran to embrace him.

Instead of punishing him, the father threw a massive feast, saying,

"This son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found."

​The older son became angry and refused to join the celebration.

The father went out to plea with him, explaining that while the older son had always been with him, it was only right to celebrate the return of the brother who had been lost.