Passage Overview · Free · Luke 15:11–24
The Younger Son Lost and Found
A younger son demands his share, leaves home, wastes everything, and descends into hunger and humiliation. When he returns rehearsing a servant’s speech, the father runs, embraces him, restores signs of sonship, and orders a feast because “this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.”
Where this fits in the story: exile and homecoming, repentance, fatherly compassion, and resurrection-like language converge. The father’s generosity exceeds the son’s plan to negotiate reduced status.