Prodigal Son

"Jesus continued 'there was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father " Father, give me a share of your estate . . . . .'" - Luke 15:11-32 

           The prodigal son is a story of a boy that runs away from his family with all his money. When leaving, he loses all his money, and returns in shame.  His father, however, welcomed him with open arms and was euphoric with delight.  Many people use this to explain forgiveness, and other morals of the story.

One example is that of a song, poem, article, or picture:

There is the song "Jump Around" by House of Pain where there is the line: 

I've got more rhymes than the Bible's got Psalms, and just like the Prodigal Son I have returned.

 The line where it says like the prodigal son I have returned, it is referring to the prodigal son and how he returned to his father. Without knowing the story you wouldn't understand the phrase.

Poem:

Sonny's Purple Heart by Adrian C. Louis                                                                                                        

I had a Snow White vision of the prodigal                                     

son returning to America                                                      

  this again refers to the way the prodigal son

 left then returned again in a way only

people who know the story would understand

And Books:

The Homecoming 

A prodigal son returns in 

Marilynn Robinson's thirdNovel:

Referring to a return like the

Image representing the son returning to his father 

prodigal son.