Likewise, the incomplete third story-we don't know if the older son ever joined the party-parallels the situation of Jesus' listeners-do they ever come to accept sinners as he does? More importantly, do they ever come to accept heaven's joy at the repentance of sinners? The refusal of the older son to join the party directly relates to the refusal of Jesus' hearers to join him in partying with the sinners who had come to him. This progressive set of narratives climaxes with the third story, which best reflects the setting. The first two stories are said to typify the celestial party when sinners repent. 8-10) (3) a man throws a party after finding the one lost son among his two sons. 4-7) (2) a woman throws a party after finding the one lost coin among her ten coins (vv. 1-3 has Jesus tell three stories to a group of Pharisees and scribes who were complaining that he welcomes and eats with sinners: (1) a man throws a party after finding the one lost sheep among his one hundred sheep (vv. The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father) is one of the parables of Jesus in the Bible, appearing in Luke 15:11–32. The Return of the Prodigal Son (1773) by Pompeo Batoni For other uses, see The Prodigal Son (disambiguation) and The Return of the Prodigal Son (disambiguation).
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