The Prodigal Son, also known as Two Sons, Lost Son, The Running Father and The Loving Father is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 15:11-32), a father has two sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance before the father dies, and the father agrees. The younger son, after wasting his fortune (the word "prodigal" means "wastefully extravagant"), goes hungry during a famine, and becomes so destitute he longs to eat the same food given to hogs, unclean animals in Jewish culture. He then returns home with the intention of repenting and begging his father to be one of his hired servants, expecting his relationship with his father is likely severed. Regardless, the father finds him on the road and immediately welcomes him back as his son and holds a feast to celebrate his return, which includes killing a fattened calf usually reserved for special occasions. The older son refuses to participate, stating that in all the time he has worked for the father, he never disobeyed him; yet, he did not even receive a goat to celebrate with his friends. The father reminds the older son that the son has always been with him and everything the father has is the older son's (his inheritance). But, they should still celebrate the return of the younger son because he was lost and is now 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 Western Catholic tradition, this parable is usually read on the fourth Sunday of Lent (in Year C), while in the Eastern Orthodox Church it is read on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son.,
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Pompeo Batoni
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Francesco Bassano
The Prodigal Son Living with Harlots, Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
The Prodigal Son, Georg von Rosen
The prodigal son, Barend Graat
Return of the Prodigal Son, Simon de Vos
The Prodigal Son Receiving his Portion of the Inheritance, Bartolome Esteban Murillo
The Prodigal Son abandoned, Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Return of the Prodigal Son, Peter Paul Rubens
The Departure of the Prodigal Son, Francesco Cairo
The Prodigal Son Wasting his Inheritance, Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Return of the Prodigal Son, Guercino
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Alessandro Turchi
Landscape with the return of the prodigal son, Lucas Gassel
The prodigal son as swineherd, Flemish School
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Waiting for the Prodigal Son, Jules Pascin
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Friedrich Brentel
Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Prodigal Son, Salvator Rosa
The Prodigal Son, Gerard van Honthorst
Parable of the prodigal son, Domenico Fetti
The Prodigal Son, Jan Sanders van Hemessen
Return of the Prodigal Son, Palma il Giovane
Amusements of the Prodigal Son, Palma il Giovane
The prodigal son, Christiaen van Couwenbergh
The Return of the prodigal son, Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo
The Prodigal Son Feasting with Courtesans, Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo
The farewell of the prodigal son, Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo
The Prodigal Son,Thomas Couture
Return of the Prodigal Son, Hans Sebald Beham
The Prodigal Son among pigs, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Prodigal Son with prostitutes, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The prodigal son leaves his home, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The prodigal son at the pigs, Albrecht Dürer
Return of the Prodigal Son, Václav Vavrinec Reiner
The Prodigal Son, Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Prodigal Son, Jacob Lucius the Elder
The Prodigal Son, Abraham Bach the Elder
Series The Prodigal Son, The Festival, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Slaughter of the Fat Calf, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Parting, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Ruin, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Prodigal Son as a swineherd, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Prodigal Son asks for God's mercy, Jacques Callot
Series The prodigal son, The prodigal son wastes his fortune, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Prodigal Son is newly dressed, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Return Home, Jacques Callot
Series The Prodigal Son, The Distribution of Goods, Jacques Callot
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