Many people are familiar with Christ Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, found in chapter 15 of Luke’s Gospel (see verses 11–32 ). It’s the story of a young man who asks for his inheritance and receives it, leaves his father and older brother behind, and goes off to live a new, “riotous” life elsewhere.
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