Moral Story

  The Parable of the Lost Son, also known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son, is a famous story from the Bible, specifically from the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. It is found in Luke 15:11-32 and is a parable told by Jesus to illustrate God's boundless love and forgiveness. Here is a summary of the Parable of the Lost Son: A man had two sons. The younger son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance, even though his father was still alive. In a culture where this request was seen as disrespectful and ungrateful, the father surprisingly divided his property between his two sons. The younger son then set off to a distant country, where he squandered all his wealth in wild living. After a severe famine struck the land, the younger son found himself impoverished and in desperate need. He hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into the fields to feed pigs. In his extreme hunger, he longed to eat the pig's food but no one gave...