Jesus tells the parable of the prodigal son to the Pharisees and scribes who were murmuring that he associates with sinners. The parable depicts a father with two sons - a younger son who squanders his inheritance and ends up poor, and an older son. The younger son returns home seeking forgiveness and is warmly received by his forgiving father, though this angers the older son. The parable teaches that God rejoices at the repentance of sinners like the prodigal son.

2. WHAT IS HEBREW?
Major official language of the
State of Israel

3. WHAT IS HEBREW?
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek

4. HEBREW WORDS
• ”men,”
• “hallelujah,”
• “hosanna,”
• “Sabbath”
• “Messiah”

5. HEBREW NAMES
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Sarah
• Mary

7. WHO ARE THE HEBREWS?

8. WHO ARE THE HEBREWS?
• ancestors of Samaritans and Jews
• known for their cultural and
spiritual laws, rules, and morals

9. WHO ARE THE HEBREWS?

10. MESOPOTAMIA

11. Kingdom of Israel

12. Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

13. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON

14. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
• SCRIBE
– Member of a learned class in ancient Israel
through new Testament times during the
Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors,
teachers and jurists
• PHARISEE
– Member of a Jewish sect, noted for strict
observance of rites and ceremonies of the written
law and for insistence on the validity of their own
oral traditions concerning the law

15. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
• PRODIGAL
– Carelessly and foolishly spending money, time,
etc.

16. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
• PARABLE
– A short story that teaches a moral or spiritual
lesson; especially, one of the stories told by Jesus
Christ and recorded in the bible
• INHERITANCE
-- money, property, etc. that is received from
someone when that person dies

17. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
• SQUANDER
– To use something in a foolish or wasteful way
• FAMINE
– a situation in which many people do not have food
to eat
• POD
– A dry fruit :legume

18. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
• ENTREAT
– To ask someone in a serious and emotional way
– To plead
• DEVOUR
– To use up or enjoy avidly
• COMPASSION
– A feeling of wanting to help someone who is sick,
hungry, in trouble, etc.

19. THE PARABLE OF
THE PRODIGAL SON
Scripture:
Luke 15:11-32

20. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
Now the tax collectors and sinners
were all drawing near to hear
him.
And the Pharisees and the scribes
murmured, saying,
"This man receives sinners and eats
with them."
So he told them this parable:

21. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
There was a man who had two
sons; and the younger of them
said to his father,
`Father, give me the share of
property that falls to me.'
And he divided his living
between them.

22. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
Not many days later, the
younger son gathered all he
had and took his journey into a
far country, and there he
squandered his property
in loose living.

23. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
And when he had spent
everything, a great famine
arose in that country, and he
began to be in want.

24. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
And he would gladly have fed on
the pods that the swine ate;
and no one gave him anything.
But when he came to himself he
said,

25. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
`How many of my father's hired
servants have bread enough
and to spare, but I perish here
with hunger!

26. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
I will arise and go to my father,
and I will say to him,
"Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before you; I am no
longer worthy to be called your
son; treat me as one of your
hired servants."'

27. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
And he arose and came to his
father. But while he was yet at a
distance, his father saw him and
had compassion, and ran and
embraced him and kissed him.

28. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
And the son said to him,
`Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before you; I am no
longer worthy to be called your
son.'
But the father said to his
servants,

29. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
`Bring quickly the best robe, and
put it on him; and put a ring on
his hand, and shoes on his feet;
and bring the fatted calf and kill it,
and let us eat and make merry;

30. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
for this my son was dead, and is
alive again; he was lost, and is
found.'
And they began to make merry.

31. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
"Now his elder son was in the
field; and as he came and drew
near to the house, he heard
music and dancing.
And he called one of the servants
and asked what this meant.

32. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
And he said to him, `Your brother
has come, and your father has
killed the fatted calf, because he
has received him safe and
sound.'
But he was angry and refused to
go in.

33. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
His father came out and entreated
him, but he answered his father,
`Lo, these many years I have served
you, and I never disobeyed your
command; yet you never gave me a
kid, that I might make merry with
my friends.

34. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
But when this son of yours came,
who has devoured your living
with harlots, you killed for him
the fatted calf!
And he said to him,

35. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
`Son, you are always with me, and
all that is mine is yours.
It was fitting to make merry and
be glad, for this your brother
was dead, and is alive; he was
lost, and is found.'

36. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
THE END

37. WHY DOES JESUS TELL THIS PARABLE?
• [1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing
near to hear him [Jesus]. [2] And the Pharisees and the
scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners
and eats with them." [3] So he told them this parable . .
.
• Actually, Jesus tells three parables:
• The parable of the lost sheep
• The parable of the lost coin
• The parable of the lost son (or, as we know it, the
parable of the prodigal son)
•

38. CHARACTERS
• the forgiving father - is a picture of God.
• the younger son - symbolizes the lost
(the tax collectors and sinners of that day, Luke 15:1)
• the elder brother - represents the self-
righteous
(the Pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, Luke
15:2).

39. What is the main point or focus of the
story?
• Jesus contrasts the father's merciful love with the
eldest son's somewhat harsh reaction to his
errant brother and to the lavish party his joyful
father throws for his repentant son. While the
errant son had wasted his father's money, his
father, nonetheless, maintained unbroken love
for his son. The son, while he was away, learned a
lot about himself. And he realized that his father
had given him love which he had not returned.
He had yet to learn about the depth of his
father's love for him.

40. • His deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to
feed on the husks of pigs and his reflection on all
he had lost, led to his repentance and decision to
declare himself guilty before his father. While he
hoped for reconciliation with his father, he could
not have imagined a full restoration of
relationship. The father did not need to speak
words of forgiveness to his son; his actions spoke
more loudly and clearly! The beautiful robe, the
ring, and the festive banquet symbolize the new
life – pure, worthy, and joyful – of anyone who
returns to God.

41. What do the actions of the prodigal
son teach us?
• They teaches us the depths to which our own
misuse of freedom will bring us.
• The farther we get from the Father's loving
care, the worse off we will be, and our best
course is to return to God and his forgiveness.

42. What do the actions of the father
teach us?
• He yields what is his and allows us to misuse it
out of respect for the freedom that he has
given us.
• The lesson is that the father will not treat a
son as a hired servant. The younger son is
still a son!

43. This is a story about a father and
his love for his son. It's a story
about suffering, brokenness and
amazing grace
• What would you do for the person
you love?

44. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON