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The Prodigal Son, also known as Two Sons, Lost Son, the Prodigal Father, [15] the Running Father, [16] and the Loving Father, the third and final part of the cycle on redemption, also appears only in Luke's Gospel (verses 11-32). It tells of a father who gives the younger of his two sons his share of the inheritance before he dies.
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1773) by Pompeo Batoni. The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father; Greek: Παραβολή του Ασώτου Υιού, romanized: Parabolē tou Asōtou Huiou) [1] [2] is one of the parables of Jesus in the Bible, appearing in Luke 15:11–32.
In it, a woman searches for a lost coin, finds it, and rejoices. It is a member of a trilogy on redemption that Jesus tells after the Pharisees and religious leaders accuse Him of welcoming and eating with "sinners." [1] The other two are the Parable of the Lost Sheep, and the Parable of the Lost Son or Prodigal Son.
The parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Lost (Prodigal) Son form a trio in Luke dealing with loss and redemption. [29] The parable of the Faithful Servant and parable of the Ten Virgins, adjacent in Matthew, involve waiting for a bridegroom, and have an eschatological theme of being prepared for the day of reckoning. [30]
L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son), a 1884 cantata by Debussy; The Prodigal Son, a 1929 ballet by George Balanchine The Prodigal Son, music for the ballet by Prokofiev; The Prodigal Son, a 1938 ballet by David Lichine; The Prodigal Son a 1945 opera by Frederick Jacobi; The Prodigal Son (Den förlorade sonen), a 1957 ballet suite by Hugo Alfvén
The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican has a similar theme. Parable of the two sons . Cornelius a Lapide, in his great commentary, writes that "This parable scarcely needs an explanation, because Christ applies and explains it. In truth, the first—being at the beginning unwilling to obey his father, but afterwards repenting and obeying ...
The Return of the Prodigal Son includes figures not directly related to the parable but seen in some of these earlier works; their identities have been debated. The woman at top left, barely visible, is likely the mother, [ 4 ] while the seated man, whose dress implies wealth, may be an advisor to the estate or a tax collector.
The second act contains the story of the older brother, who tells of his own righteousness and his disgust at what his younger brother did. When his brother returned home, he watched in horror at how his father welcomed back his son, going so far as to even throw a party for him, even though he had never given his elder (and more upright in standing) son a party.